SPRUCE UP

Meaning of SPRUCE UP in English

spruce up | ˌspruce sb/sth / yourself ↔ ˈup

to make sb/sth/yourself clean and neat :

She spruced up for the interview.

The city is sprucing up its museums and galleries.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 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 — clean, redecorate They spruced up the community center for the summer holidays.
English Idioms vocab
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
UP
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
UP
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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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