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fresh en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective. Cognate with Scots fresch (“fresh”), West Frisian farsk (“fresh”), Dutch vers (“fresh”), Walloon frexh (“fresh”), German frisch (“fresh”), French frais (“fresh”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk frisk (“fresh”), Swedish frisk (“well, fresh”), Icelandic ferskur (“fresh”), Lithuanian prėskas (“unflavoured, tasteless, fresh”), Russian пре́сный (présnyj, “sweet, fresh, unleavened, tasteless”). Doublet of fresco and frisk. Slang sense possibly shortened form of “fresh out the pack”, 1980s routine by Grand Wizzard Theodore.

Meanings

  1. Newly produced or obtained; recent.
    • I seem to make fresh mistakes every time I start writing.
    • He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.
    • Where will you find a purer and more suggestive bit of criticism given in a fresher and more implicatory style than the following? 1854 October, “You have heard of Them”, in D. W. Holly, editor, The United States Review, New York, N.Y.: Lloyd & Brainard […], page 327:
    • Ross Douthat's gotten a lot of pushback for using his soapbox to complain that liberal Christianity lacks "a religious reason for its own existence." And with good reason—it'd be nice if the national paper of record's faithiest columnist could at least spin a fresher argument against us mainliners. 2012 July 17, Steve Thorngate, “Morice-Brubaker takes on Douthat”, in The Christian Century:
    • With his recent divorce still fresh in his mind, he was unable to concentrate on his work.
  2. (of food) Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.
    • In fact, street food may well be fresher than that served in restaurants and cafes, as it is cooked at the point of sale. It's certainly much cheaper. 2000, Catherine Hanger, Morocco: World Food:
    • The ravenette smiled. Today was her little sister’s birthday, and what better way to commemorate than eating salad brimmed with the freshest of fruits. Following Tala, Amihan felt her heart sore. Luscious short brown hair, almond-shaped eyes, gleaming smiles, there is no one as extravagant as her beloved, Bagwis. 2020 September 14, Darcy Encarnacion, “When It Falls”, in Scribbles, volume 1, number 1, Manila: De La Salle University Writers’ Guild, page 14:
    • After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.
    • a glass of fresh milk
    • I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm.
  3. (of plant material) Still green and not dried.
    • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…] 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
  4. Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.
    • The corridor stinks of sweat and cigarette smoke, and I daringly open the window a little. The freshest air floats in, smelling of sappy grasses, the delicate pollens of wild flowers, the resins of the pine forests; hinting at the chill blue scent of distant snows. 2013, Margaret Leroy, The English Girl, →ISBN:
    • What a nice fresh breeze.
  5. (of water) Without salt; not saline.
    • There we made our ſhip faſt with foure ropes, in ſmooth water, and the freſh water ranne downe out of the hill into the ſea, […] a. 1628, Sir Francis Drake(?), The World Encompassed, Nicholas Bourne (publisher, 1628), page 49
    • Additional changes that occur when water enters the lungs depend on whether the water is fresh or salt. 2009, Adele Pillitteri, Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Sixth Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 1557:
    • After a day at sea it was good to feel the fresh water of the stream.
    • When dissolved, it produces water sometimes perfectly fresh, and sometimes saltish; […] 1820, William Scoresby, An Account of the Arctic Regions, Archibald Constable & Co., page 230:
  6. Rested; not tired or fatigued.
    • Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements. 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:
  7. In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed.
    • a fresh hand on a ship
  8. Youthful; florid.
    • these fresh nymphs 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
  9. (slang) Good, fashionable.
    • a fresh pair of sneakers
    • I've been thinking about the way you walk Baby ooh I like the way you talk Tell you something I really can't hide Heaven must have sent you to be by my side Fresh and lovely fresh like a dream come true I'll give anything to spend the night with you 1984, “Fresh”, in Emergency, performed by Kool & the Gang:
    • Because my devastating beats I know you will like / You see my beat box is fresh, it'll blow your mind 1988, “Supersonic”, performed by J. J. Fad:
  10. (archaic, slang) Tipsy; drunk.
    • How long did Mr. Crisp stay with you?—He might have stayed two hours; he stayed some time after; he drank ale and got fresh. 1840, Parliamentary Papers, volume 9, page 43:

Forms

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Antonyms

stale · saline · tired

Deriveds

fresh eyes · unfresh · breath of fresh air · fresh fucked fox in a forest fire · freshness · fresh country eggs · freshwater · fresh breeze · fresh gale · fresh off the boat · funky fresh · freshling · afresh · freshperson · freshly · fresher · freshie · fresh pair of eyes · fresh as a daisy · fresh hell · fresh frozen plasma · fresh water · start a fresh hare · fresh as a rose · box-fresh · fresh yeast · fresh-water · fresh up · fresh air · fresh pursuit · fresh meat · fresh out of · refreshing · freshmint · fresh grad · crescent fresh · Fresh Coast · fresh-out-of-college · fresh cut · fresh-faced · freshman · fresh ground · freshish · fresh start · fresh as paint · freshwoman · fresh bean · lemony fresh · refresh · fresh blood · fresh cheese · fresh food · Fresh Meadows · freshen · fresh-ground · fresh country egg · fresh lumpia · fresh-new · fresh fish · fresh legs

Synonyms

unpracticed · raw · fashionable · punk · cool · cool · green · unseen · strange · fresh · callow · pup · unseasoned · unexperienced · inexperienced · rested · experienceless · new · unversed

Translations (281)

it fresco ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · th สด ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · otk 𐰖𐰀𐰽 (newly produced or obtained) · ky таза (newly produced or obtained) · bg пресен ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · yi פֿריש (newly produced or obtained) · hy թարմ (newly produced or obtained) · pt doce (without salt) · hy թարմացնող (refreshing or cool) · la recēns (newly produced or obtained) · io fresha ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · as সতেজ (newly produced or obtained) · et mage (without salt) · sk svieži (newly produced or obtained) · cy ir ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · vec fresco (refreshing or cool) · et värske (refreshing or cool) · fr frais ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · cs osvěžující (refreshing or cool) · ms segar (newly produced or obtained) · fi uusi (newly produced or obtained) · tr taze (newly produced or obtained) · sv färsk- (without salt) · sv frisk (refreshing or cool) · ru све́жий (refreshing or cool) · cmn 新鮮 /新鲜 ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · ga úr (newly produced or obtained) · sv färsk (without salt) · sh svjȅž (refreshing or cool) · de frisch (newly produced or obtained) · fi tuore (newly produced or obtained) · vec fresco ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · et soolatu (without salt) · el φρέσκος (newly produced or obtained) · ltg svīžs (newly produced or obtained) · ru све́жий ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · km ស្រស់ (newly produced or obtained) · bho ताजा (newly produced or obtained) · izh värski (newly produced or obtained) · gd fionnar (refreshing or cool) · nl vers (newly produced or obtained) · pl świeży (newly produced or obtained) · lv svaigs (refreshing or cool) · cs svěží (newly produced or obtained) · da ny (newly produced or obtained) · az təzə (newly produced or obtained) · ast frescu (newly produced or obtained) · cmn 無鹽 /无盐 (without salt) · scn novu (newly produced or obtained) · fr nouveau (newly produced or obtained) · kw yr (newly produced or obtained) · la mustus ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · cs čerstvý ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · fa تازه (refreshing or cool) · es hodierno ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · cs svěží (refreshing or cool) · gd ùr (newly produced or obtained) · oc fresc (newly produced or obtained) · ja 新鮮な (newly produced or obtained) · es dulce (without salt) · cmn 爽的 (refreshing or cool) · nrf frais (refreshing or cool) · fi raikas (refreshing or cool) · te తాజా ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · ar طَرِيّ (newly produced or obtained) · lv spirgts (refreshing or cool) · hu édes (without salt) · it fresco (refreshing or cool) · ce керла (newly produced or obtained) · he מְרַעֲנֵן (refreshing or cool) · cmn 新的 (newly produced or obtained) · no fersk (newly produced or obtained) · id segar (newly produced or obtained) · he טָרִי (newly produced or obtained) · hu hűsítő (refreshing or cool) · mn шинэ (newly produced or obtained) · nl vers ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · kk таза (newly produced or obtained) · nrf frais ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · sl sveži (newly produced or obtained) · cy ffres (newly produced or obtained) · ajp طَازَة (newly produced or obtained) · mfe fre ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · it recente (newly produced or obtained) · pdt fresch (newly produced or obtained) · sv färsk ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · nl fris (refreshing or cool) · el χλωρός ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · pt fresco (newly produced or obtained) · hu friss ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · toi tete (newly produced or obtained) · roa-tar frische (refreshing or cool) · vi mới (newly produced or obtained) · my ကောင်း (newly produced or obtained) · kk жаңа (newly produced or obtained) · vi tươi (newly produced or obtained) · da frisk (newly produced or obtained) · sh osvježavajuć (refreshing or cool) · pa ਤਾਜ਼ਾ (newly produced or obtained) · bg сладък (without salt) · vec fresco (newly produced or obtained) · ro proaspăt (newly produced or obtained) · te సరికొత్త (newly produced or obtained) · mk тазе ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · vec desavio (without salt) · bn তাজা (newly produced or obtained) · my လန်း (newly produced or obtained) · sh свје̏ж (refreshing or cool) · th จืด (without salt) · ckb تازە (newly produced or obtained) · it nuovo (newly produced or obtained) · da fersk (without salt) · sl svež ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · pl słodki (without salt) · cy ir (newly produced or obtained) · ca fresc (newly produced or obtained) · gl fresco (newly produced or obtained) · hu hűs (refreshing or cool) · fo feskur (newly produced or obtained) · fo góður (newly produced or obtained) · el πρόσφατος (newly produced or obtained) · mk тазе (newly produced or obtained) · is ferskur (newly produced or obtained) · da frisk ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · br fresk (newly produced or obtained) · pt fresco ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · ar طَازَة (newly produced or obtained) · hi ताज़ा (newly produced or obtained) · tk täze (newly produced or obtained) · cmn 新鮮 /新鲜 (newly produced or obtained) · uk сві́жий (newly produced or obtained) · fa تازه (newly produced or obtained) · sco caller ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · id segar (refreshing or cool) · lv svaigs ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · te శీతలీకరించిన (refreshing or cool) · th สดชื่น (refreshing or cool) · io fresha (newly produced or obtained) · ja 新鮮な ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · fr frais (refreshing or cool) · pt refrescante (refreshing or cool) · sh све̏ж (newly produced or obtained) · ka ახალი (newly produced or obtained) · es fresco ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · as তাজা (newly produced or obtained) · el νέος (newly produced or obtained) · hy թարմ ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · de frisch (refreshing or cool) · vec novo (newly produced or obtained) · he טרי ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · mk свеж ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · cy newydd (newly produced or obtained) · pap fresku (refreshing or cool) · kw yr ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · ruq proaspit (newly produced or obtained) · ky жаңы (newly produced or obtained) · uk сві́жий ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · liv priš (newly produced or obtained) · ur تَازَہ (newly produced or obtained) · lb frësch (newly produced or obtained) · hsb čerstwy ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · la recēns ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · gl fresco ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · es flamante (good, fashionable) · pa ਸੱਜਰਾ (newly produced or obtained) · rup proaspit (newly produced or obtained) · ar عَذْب (without salt) · as জীয়া (newly produced or obtained) · izh siiva (refreshing or cool) · ca fresc (refreshing or cool) · ccc peswatalo ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · mk свеж (refreshing or cool) · lo ສົດ (newly produced or obtained) · hu üde (refreshing or cool) · bg свеж ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · cy newydd ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · da forfriskende (refreshing or cool) · lv svaigs (newly produced or obtained) · ko 신선한 (newly produced or obtained) · as(newly produced or obtained) · et värske ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · chr ᎢᏤᎢ (newly produced or obtained) · et toor- ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · tr taze ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · cmn 鱻的 /鲜的 ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · fi makea (without salt) · ota قریر (refreshing or cool) · sq freskët ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · et värske (newly produced or obtained) · sq freskët (newly produced or obtained) · kmr ter (newly produced or obtained) · mk свеж (newly produced or obtained) · aii ܬܵܙܵܐ ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · hy զով (refreshing or cool) · gl fresco (refreshing or cool) · ru пре́сный (without salt) · hy քաղցրահամ (without salt) · et uus ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · pa سَجّرا (newly produced or obtained) · fi raitis (refreshing or cool) · mk слатково́ден (without salt) · scn duci (without salt) · it refrigerante (refreshing or cool) · ga úr ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · cmn 鮮的 /鲜的 ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · es soso (without salt) · ca fresc ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · kmr teze (newly produced or obtained) · ckb تازە (refreshing or cool) · fo frískur (refreshing or cool) · cmn 新穎的 /新颖的 (newly produced or obtained) · fo feskur ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · mk пресен (without salt) · ms nyaman (refreshing or cool) · el νωπός ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · kea visoze (newly produced or obtained) · fi tuore ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · fo óspiltur (newly produced or obtained) · sh освјежавајућ (refreshing or cool) · eo freŝa (newly produced or obtained) · fi veres (newly produced or obtained) · et verev (refreshing or cool) · ckb تازە ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · fr doux (without salt) · kea bisós (newly produced or obtained) · fa شیرین (without salt) · sv fräsch (newly produced or obtained) · es sin sal (without salt) · tg тоза (newly produced or obtained) · hu új (newly produced or obtained) · scn friscu ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · aii ܬܵܙܵܐ (newly produced or obtained) · et toore ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · ko 신선한 ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · dsb fryšny ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · hu friss (refreshing or cool) · es recién servido ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · hu frissítő (refreshing or cool) · cy ffres ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · sh svȅž (newly produced or obtained) · et uhiuus (newly produced or obtained) · fa تازه ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · mfe fre (refreshing or cool) · scn friscu (newly produced or obtained) · et karske (refreshing or cool) · ar طَازَج (newly produced or obtained) · be све́жы (newly produced or obtained) · bg свеж (newly produced or obtained) · xqa ياشْ (newly produced or obtained) · or ତଟକା (newly produced or obtained) · es simple (without salt) · he מתוק (without salt) · de frisch ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · el δροσερός (refreshing or cool) · fr rafraichissant (refreshing or cool) · nl zoet (without salt) · it dolce (without salt) · th สด (newly produced or obtained) · lt šviežias ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · ru све́жий (newly produced or obtained) · et noor- ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · io fresha (refreshing or cool) · ota سرین (refreshing or cool) · et verivärske (newly produced or obtained) · es fresco (refreshing or cool) · nl nieuw (newly produced or obtained) · bo སོས་པ (newly produced or obtained) · ht fre (refreshing or cool) · izh viherä ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · et rõõsk ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · hu friss (newly produced or obtained) · nah yancuic (newly produced or obtained) · el πόσιμος (without salt) · pa تازَہ (newly produced or obtained) · el γλυκός (without salt) · el φρέσκος ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · uz toza (newly produced or obtained) · lt sviežias (newly produced or obtained) · izh värski ((of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled) · ccc peswatalo (newly produced or obtained) · oc fresc (refreshing or cool)

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fresh en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective. Cognate with Scots fresch (“fresh”), West Frisian farsk (“fresh”), Dutch vers (“fresh”), Walloon frexh (“fresh”), German frisch (“fresh”), French frais (“fresh”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk frisk (“fresh”), Swedish frisk (“well, fresh”), Icelandic ferskur (“fresh”), Lithuanian prėskas (“unflavoured, tasteless, fresh”), Russian пре́сный (présnyj, “sweet, fresh, unleavened, tasteless”). Doublet of fresco and frisk. Slang sense possibly shortened form of “fresh out the pack”, 1980s routine by Grand Wizzard Theodore.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Recently; just recently; most recently.
    • We are fresh out of milk.
    • Hell of a surprise in the seventh season premiere of Game Of Thrones. Arya Stark, fresh off a nigh Cersei-level ambush of the Frey household, comes upon a small campfire surrounded by fresh-faced red cloaks. 2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
    • fresh-cooked salmon.

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fresh en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective. Cognate with Scots fresch (“fresh”), West Frisian farsk (“fresh”), Dutch vers (“fresh”), Walloon frexh (“fresh”), German frisch (“fresh”), French frais (“fresh”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk frisk (“fresh”), Swedish frisk (“well, fresh”), Icelandic ferskur (“fresh”), Lithuanian prėskas (“unflavoured, tasteless, fresh”), Russian пре́сный (présnyj, “sweet, fresh, unleavened, tasteless”). Doublet of fresco and frisk. Slang sense possibly shortened form of “fresh out the pack”, 1980s routine by Grand Wizzard Theodore.

Meanings

  1. A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
    • They went on very well with their work until it was nigh done, when there came the second epistle to Noah's fresh, and away went their mill, shot, lock, and barrel. 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, Nebraska, published 1987, page 21:
  2. A stream or spring of fresh water.
    • […]And take his bottle from him. / When that's gone, / He shall drink naught but brine, for I'll not show him / Where the quick freshes are. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  3. 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.
    • When they cross any great Water, or violent Fresh, or Torrent, they throw Tobacco, Puccoon, Peak, or some other valuable thing, that they happen to have about there, to intreat the Spirit presiding there, to grant them a safe passage. It is call'd a Fresh, when after very great Rains, or (as we suppose) after a great Thaw of the Snow and Ice lying upon the Mountains Page 43 to the North West, the Water descends, in such abundance into the Rivers, that they overflow the Banks which bound their Streams at other times. 1705, Robert Beverley, Jr., History and Present State of Virginia:

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fresh en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective. Cognate with Scots fresch (“fresh”), West Frisian farsk (“fresh”), Dutch vers (“fresh”), Walloon frexh (“fresh”), German frisch (“fresh”), French frais (“fresh”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk frisk (“fresh”), Swedish frisk (“well, fresh”), Icelandic ferskur (“fresh”), Lithuanian prėskas (“unflavoured, tasteless, fresh”), Russian пре́сный (présnyj, “sweet, fresh, unleavened, tasteless”). Doublet of fresco and frisk. Slang sense possibly shortened form of “fresh out the pack”, 1980s routine by Grand Wizzard Theodore.

Meanings

  1. To pack (fish) loosely on ice.
    • Aided by government propaganda, herring became an important British war-time food, not pickled, but 'freshed' (packed loosely in ice) and kippered. 1960, Nigel Nicolson, Lord of the Isles: Lord Leverhulme of the Hebrides, page 84:
    • Smoked abalone is prepared by smoking the salted and freshed abalone, the smoked meat is packed with vegetable oil. 1971, Eiichi Tanikawa, Marine Products in Japan: Size, Technology and Research, page 189:
    • With the exception of about 1800 crans which were "rough packed," all the herrings landed during the winter months were freshed and kippered. 1921, Commonwealth Shipping Committee, Report - Volume 12:
  2. To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water.
    • But as the golden light flowed slowly across the Discworld like the first freshing of the tide over mudflats the eagle circled higher into the dome of heaven, beating the air down with slow and powerful wingbeats. 1987, Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites, →ISBN, page 69:
    • Under the present river conditions, headwater discharge of 40,000 cusecs will be necessary during the non-freshed season to neutralise the landward drift of sediments throughout the tidal portion of the river. 1977, India. Parliament. House of the People, India. Parliament. Lok Sabha, Lok Sabha Debates, page 226:
    • The salinity is variated, and locally the lake water is freshed in a step manner. 1989, Tseng-chʻüan Li, Fa-erh Chiang, Shu Sun, Developments in geoscience, page 325:
    • Our first assumption was that freshed sea water areas were favourable for these organisms. 1974, Bilješke - Volumes 31-76, page 1:
  3. (of wind) To become stronger.
    • On the afternoon of the 20th, at the period the storm was very severe to the south-west of her, the Barlow experienced calms and variable winds. By noon on the 21st, the wind freshed, with the weather cloudy. 1850, William Reid, An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms by Means of Facts:
    • I should have observed, that as we rounded the north-east point, the breeze freshed, and the squalls came heavy out of the gullies and deep ravines. 1834, Frederick Marryat, The naval officer, page 259:
    • Horrible was now my condition, as the wind freshed up more and more. 1815, William Williams, The Journal of Llewellin Penrose, a Seaman:
  4. To rebore the barrel of a rifle or shotgun.
    • When the barrel became very rough the gun was taken to the local gunsmith and "freshed." 1910, Hunter-trader-trapper - Volume 19, Issue 6, page 92:
    • There is also the oft-heard plaint that "modern steel barrels can't be re-rifled or freshed out." 1974, George C. Nonte, Home guide to muzzle-loaders, →ISBN, page 132:
  5. To update.
    • We need not assume that the famous village was considered the capital of the country spoken of; it is sufficient to know that the priests who freshed up the old Ta-ts'in lore in China, were proud of having been themselves born in the Holy Land; and if we consider the precedent set in the very T'ang-shu, where the whole of India is designated by the name of Buddha's birth place, Magadha, we need not be astonished to see the name of what they must have considered the spiritual capital of the Christian world applied to the country they came from. 1885, Chinese Recorder - Volume 16, page 419:
    • The strongest judgment against the Toledot Yeshu was made by Solomon Schechter in 1898, "All the so-called Anti-Christiana collected by medieval [Jewish] fanatics, and freshed up again by modern ignoramuses, belong to the later centuries, when history and biography had already given way to myth and speculation." 2000, Robert Van Voorst, Craig A. Evans, Bruce Chilton, Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence, →ISBN, page 122:
    • Thus the liberties of the nation, civil and religious, were laid freshed by his preaching, and. more and more confirmed in the presbyterian principles: and we likewise resorted for a time at West Calder kirk, to Mr. Patrick Shiels, by whose preaching I was yet more confirmed in the presbyterian way. 1822, Alexander Reid, Life of ―, a scotish govenanter, page 7:
  6. To freshen up.
    • We played and adored our boys, we watched a little television until about six, I got a shower and put my clothes back on I got the boys freshed up while Aj was in the shower and he got dressed. 2012, Mz. K., First Lady: A Hood Tale, →ISBN, page 116:
    • There was no need for them all to be there—most would be resting in their rooms, freshing from the journey—but she was on edge now, all the questions she could not ask running through her head. 2009, Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt, →ISBN:
    • I freshed meself and followed after him and made choice of me dinner. 1943, Maggie Jeanne Melody Wadelton, Maggie No Doubt, page 132:
  7. To renew.
    • About a month later, the blaze is freshed by cutting off a thin shaving of bark all round the stem, over half the depth of the old blaze and taking in 2 inches of new bark on the upper edge of the original wound. 1918, The Indian Forest Records - Volume 6, Parts 1-6, page 316:
    • In the nook of a wood where a pool freshed with dew Glassed, daybreak till evening, blue sky glimpsing through Then a star; or a slip of May-moon silver-white, Thridding softly aloof the quiet of night, Was a thicket of flowers. 1902, Walter De la Mare, Dorothy Pulis Lathrop, Down-adown-derry: A Book of Fairy Poems, →ISBN:
    • Q. Did you tell anybody this tale that you heard this man threaten what they were going to do?—A. No, sir; I didn't say nothing to anybody until Monday—Monday or Tuesday, one—then my mind was freshed. 1884, United States Congressional Serial Set - Volume 2178, page 503:
  8. Of a dairy cow, to give birth to a calf.
    • A cow was actually tested twice a month on the 5th and 25th of each month. The cow freshed December 15, her milk was good December 18, and she went dry October 30. 1940, James Frank Kendrick, The cow tester's manual, page 23:
    • Fall Freshed Cows Produce More Milk. 1946, Co-op News – Volumes 20-21, page 3:
    • On the day of my visit, Mary greets me at my car with a delighted look on her face. “You're just in time!” she says eagerly. “A cow has just 'freshed'!” 2009, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World, →ISBN, page 56:

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freshes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
freshing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

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fresh en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

First use appears c. 1848, US slang, probably from German frech (“impudent, cheeky, insolent”), from Middle High German vrech (“bold, brave, lively”), from Old High German freh (“greedy, eager, avaricious, covetous”), from Proto-West Germanic *frek, from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (“greedy, outrageous, courageous, capable, active”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- (“to be quick, twitch, sprinkle, splash”). Cognate with Old English frec (“greedy; eager, bold, daring; dangerous”) and Danish fræk (“naughty”). More at freak.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.
    • No one liked his fresh comments.
  2. (idiomatic) Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious.
    • Hey, don't get fresh with me!
    • … He got on Forty-second Street, and he was kinda fresh from the start. At Sixty-sixth he came sasshaying^([sic]) right down the car and said ‘Hello, patootie!’ Well, I drew myself up … 1920 April 10 – August 28, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, chapter 11, in The Little Warrior [Jill the Reckless], New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 8 October 1920, →OCLC, section 1, page 194:
    • “Fresh guy,” explained Aileen, “last night as I was going home at Twenty-third and Sixth. Sashayed up, so he did, and made a break. I turned him down, cold, and he made a sneak; […] 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Brief Début Of Tildy”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 256:

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Deriveds

freshness · get fresh · fresher

Translations (32)

el θρασύς (rude or inappropriate) · mk груб (rude or inappropriate) · it sfacciato (rude or inappropriate) · el αναιδής (rude or inappropriate) · te ముడిగా (rude or inappropriate) · ca fresc (rude or inappropriate) · es fresco (rude or inappropriate) · pt mal-educado (rude or inappropriate) · bg самонадеян (rude or inappropriate) · pt rude (rude or inappropriate) · nl grof (rude or inappropriate) · fr frais (rude or inappropriate) · es faltón (rude or inappropriate) · es descarado (rude or inappropriate) · de frech (rude or inappropriate) · bg дързък (rude or inappropriate) · ru наха́льный (rude or inappropriate) · ca fresca (rude or inappropriate) · es grosero (rude or inappropriate) · ru на́глый (rude or inappropriate) · nl onbeleefd (rude or inappropriate) · ru гру́бый (rude or inappropriate) · mk дрзок (rude or inappropriate) · mk безобразен (rude or inappropriate) · es maleducado (rude or inappropriate) · nl onbehoorlijk (rude or inappropriate) · he חצוף (rude or inappropriate) · da fræk (rude or inappropriate) · fi röyhkeä (rude or inappropriate) · nl onbeschoft (rude or inappropriate) · pt grosseiro (rude or inappropriate) · it sfiacciata (rude or inappropriate)