To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
To deflect (radiation or particles).
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
To be dispersed upon.
The act of scattering or dispersing.
A collection of dispersed objects.
Made of the wood of the spruce.
The wood of a spruce.
Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).
To tease.
To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
To arrange neatly; tidy up.