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refresh.

To renew or revitalize.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹiˈfɹɛʃ/UK/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/US/ˈrifrɛʃ/South-Asia/rɪˈfrɛʃ/South-Asia
  1. To renew or revitalize.

    transitive
    Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
  2. To become fresh again; to be revitalized.

    intransitive
  3. To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.

    ambitransitive
  4. To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.

    ambitransitive
  5. To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

  6. To take refreshment; to eat or drink.

    colloquial · dated · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- + fresh.

noun/ɹiˈfɹɛʃ/UK/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/US/ˈrifrɛʃ/South-Asia/rɪˈfrɛʃ/South-Asia
  1. The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

  2. The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.

  3. The process of modernizing something.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- + fresh.

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