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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
Example:
He spruced up for the party
Synonyms:
slick up; smarten up; spruce; spruce up
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "slick up" is one way to...):
groom; neaten (care for one's external appearance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
titivate the child
Synonyms:
slick up; smarten up; spiff up; spruce; spruce up; titivate; tittivate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "slick up" is one way to...):
beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something