freshen.
To become fresh.
Meaning & usage
To become fresh. To be refreshed.
To become fresh. To become cool.
To become fresh. To become not salty, to lose its salinity. (of water)
To become stronger.
wind force three, freshening from the southwest
To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.
To make fresh. To refresh; to revive; to renew.
To make fresh. To make cool.
To make fresh. To make green (vegetation that has become dry).
To make fresh. To remove or cover unpleasant qualities such as staleness, bad odour or taste (in air, breath, water, etc.).
To make fresh. To touch up (makeup); to give (a body part, especially the face) a quick wash.
To make fresh. To touch up the paint on (something).
To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
to freshen water, fish, or flesh
To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
To top up (a drink).
To top up (primer) in a firearm.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyskosder. Proto-Germanic *friskaz Proto-West Germanic *frisk Old English fersċ Middle English fressh English fresh English -en English freshen From fresh + -en.
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