Fresh /(frĕsh)/
Fresh
a.
- Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.
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New; original; additional.
A fresh pleasure in every fresh posture of the limbs.
- Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers, eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods; fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as, fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as, fresh water.
- Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs.
- In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.
- Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.
- Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction from that which is pickled or salted.
Phrases & Compounds
- Fresh breeze
- a breeze between a moderate and a strong breeze; one blowinq about twenty miles an hour.
- Fresh gale
- a gale blowing about forty-five miles an hour.
- Fresh way
- increased speed.
Fresh
n.
pl. Freshes
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A stream or spring of fresh water.
He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him Where the quick freshes are.
- A flood; a freshet. [Prov. Eng.]
- The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.
Fresh
v. t.
- To refresh; to freshen. [Obs.]