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Spruced Up

Definition: Spruced Up

Spruced Up

Adjective

1. Dressed in fancy or formal clothing.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Spruced Up

Synonyms: dolled up (adj), dressed to kill(p) (adj), dressed to the nines(p) (adj), dressed(p) (adj), dressed-up (adj), spiffed up (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Spruced Up

English words defined with "spruced up": slick up, smarten up, spruce, spruce up. (references)

Non-Fiction Usage: Spruced Up

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Syria	There are three international airports in Syria: Damascus, Latakia, and Aleppo, which opened a new passenger terminal in June 1999. Recent renovations, including improved signage and baggage cart rental kiosks, have spruced up Damascus' modest terminal, passport control and parking areas. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translation: Spruced Up

Language		Translations for "spruced up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		geschniegelt und gebügelt (spic and span, spick and span). (various references)

Manx		skeoighit (neatened, trimmed). (various references)

Pig Latin		ucedspray upay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Spruced Up

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-p-p-r-s-u-u"
	-2 letters: cuppers, pursued, scupper, spruced, usurped.
	-3 letters: crudes, cupped, cupper, cursed, cusped, drupes, dupers, perdus, prudes, pursed, pursue, spruce, supped, supper, uppers.
	-4 letters: crude, cruds, cruse, curds, cured, cures, curse, drupe, druse, duces, duper, dupes, dures, ecrus, perdu, perps, preps, prude, pseud, puces, purse, repps, sprue, spued, sucre, super, upped, upper, usurp.
	-5 letters: ceps, crud.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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