SPRUCE UP

Meaning of SPRUCE UP in English

clean, redecorate They spruced up the community center for the summer holidays.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

SPRUCE-UP — /sproohs"up'/ n. an act of cleaning up, refurbishing, renovating, or the like. [ n. use of v. phrase spruce up …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPRUCE UP — spruce up | ˌspruce sb/sth / yourself ↔ ˈup to make sb/sth/yourself clean and neat : She spruced up for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPRUCE UP — spruce up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ spruce ) informal to make yourself or something look neater and tidier: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPRUCE UP — If something is spruced up , its appearance is improved. If someone is spruced up , they have made themselves …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPRUCE UP — If something is spruced up, its appearance is improved. If someone is spruced up, they have made themselves look very …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPRUCE UP — Synonyms and related words : adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, brighten up, brush up, clean up, clear the decks, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPRUCE UP — {v.}, {informal} To make clean or neat. * /Mary spruced up the house before her company came./ * /John spruced …
Slang English vocab
SPRUCE UP — Function: verb Synonyms: DRESS UP 1, deck (out), doll out, doll up, ||dude up, fix up, gussy up, slick, smarten …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SPRUCE UP — verb Synonyms: dress up 1, deck (out), doll out, doll up, ||dude up, fix up, gussy up, slick, smarten (up), …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPRUCE UP — v. ( D ; refl. ) to ~ for (they spruced themselves up for the big party)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SPRUCE UP — {v.}, {informal} To make clean or neat. * /Mary spruced up the house before her company came./ * /John spruced …
Словарь английских идиом
SPRUCE UP — v. , informal To make clean or neat. Mary spruced up the house before her company came. John spruced himself …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SPRUCE UP — фраз. гл.; разг. прихорашиваться; наряжаться Syn : perk, smarten oneself up, preen, primp, spiff up, doll oneself up прихорашиваться
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPRUCE UP — прихорашиваться; наряжаться to spruce up a bit — слегка приодеться Syn:get dressed up, perk I, smarten oneself up, preen, primp, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SPRUCE UP — приводить в порядок, наряжаться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SPRUCE UP — приводить в порядок, наряжаться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SPRUCE UP — прихорашиваться; наряжаться to spruce up a bit — слегка приодеться Syn: get dressed up , perk I, smarten oneself up …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SPRUCE UP — прихорашиваться; наряжаться to spruce up a bit — слегка приодеться Syn: get dressed up, perk I, smarten oneself up, preen, primp, spiff up, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SPRUCE UP — фраз. гл.; разг. прихорашиваться; наряжаться Syn : perk, smarten oneself up, preen, primp, spiff up, doll oneself up прихорашиваться
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPRUCE — I. verb (~d; sprucing) Date: 1594 transitive verb to make ~, intransitive verb to make oneself ~ , II. adjective …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPRUCE — Any of about 40 species of evergreen ornamental and timber trees that make up the genus Picea ( pine family), …
Английский словарь Британика
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPRUCE — I. ˈsprüs noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: from obsolete Spruce Prussia, from Middle English, alteration of Pruce, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPRUCE — (v. i.) To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.
Английский словарь Webster
SPRUCE — (v. t.) To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.
Английский словарь Webster
SPRUCE — (a.) The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
Английский словарь Webster
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPRUCE — spruce 1 /sproohs/ , n. 1. any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPRUCE — I. ˈsprüs verb ( spruced ; spruc·ing ) Date: 1594 transitive verb : to make spruce — often used with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
SPRUCE — noun sprightly; dashing. 2. spruce ·adj prussia leather; pruce. 3. spruce ·adj the wood or timber of the spruce tree. …
Webster English vocab
SPRUCE — [spruce] vb spruced ; spruc.ing vt (1594): to make spruce--often used with up ~ vi: to make oneself spruce "~ …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPRUCE — Black spruce (Picea mariana) any of about 40 species of evergreen ornamental and timber trees constituting the genus Picea of …
Britannica English vocabulary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPRUCE — / spruːs; NAmE / noun , verb , adjective ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] an evergreen forest …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPRUCE — I. spruce 1 /spruːs/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: spruce fir 'spruce' , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPRUCE — adj. & v. --adj. neat in dress and appearance; trim, smart. --v.tr. & intr. (also refl.; usu. foll. by up) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPRUCE — n. 1 any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, with dense foliage growing in a distinctive conical shape. 2 the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPRUCE — adj. & v. adj. neat in dress and appearance; trim, smart. v.tr. & intr. (also refl.; usu. foll. by up) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPRUCE — 1. adj. & v. --adj. neat in dress and appearance; trim, smart. --v.tr. & intr. (also refl.; usu. foll. by …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPRUCE — ( spruce, spruces, sprucing, spruced) 1. A spruce is a kind of evergreen tree. Trees such as spruce, pine and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPRUCE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE red ▪ A lot of what exists in these woods can not be …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPRUCE — n. Any of about 40 species of evergreen ornamental and timber trees that make up the genus Picea ( pine …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
SPRUCE — adj. 1 neat, dapper, smart, trim, well turned out, well-groomed, elegant, Colloq natty Peter Thornton turned up for dinner looking …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPRUCE — I 1. прил. щеголеватый; нарядный, элегантный Syn : stylish 2. гл. 1) приводить в порядок (обыкн. spruce up) Would you …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPRUCE — spruce.ogg _I spru:s n 1. бот. ель ( Picea gen. ) spruce bark - еловая кора 2. 1> хвойное дерево …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPRUCE — _I spru:s n 1. бот. ель ( Picea gen. ) spruce bark - еловая кора 2. 1> хвойное дерево 2> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SPRUCE — I spru:s 1. прил. нарядный, элегантный, изящный; щеголеватый her spruce attire — ее изящный наряд Syn: trim 2., neat I, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SPRUCE — I [©ЈЇѓ©] spruce.wav 1. прил. нарядный, элегантный, изящный; щеголеватый her spruce attire — ее изящный наряд Syn: trim 2., neat I, dapper I, smart 2. 2. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SPRUCE — ель (Picea) - Alcock spruce - bigcone spruce - black spruce - blue spruce - Canadian spruce - cat spruce - Chinese spruce - Colorado spruce - common spruce - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SPRUCE — ель ( Picea ) - Alcock spruce - bigcone spruce - black spruce - blue spruce - Canadian spruce - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

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