FRESH

fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise

(adjective) improperly forward or bold; “don’t be fresh with me”; “impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup”; “an impudent boy given to insulting strangers”; “Don’t get wise with me!”

fresh, unused

(adjective) not yet used or soiled; “a fresh shirt”; “a fresh sheet of paper”; “an unused envelope”

fresh

(adjective) recently made, produced, or harvested; “fresh bread”; “a fresh scent”; “fresh lettuce”

fresh

(adjective) not canned or otherwise preserved; “fresh vegetables”

fresh, sweet

(adjective) not containing or composed of salt water; “fresh water”

bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic

(adjective) imparting vitality and energy; “the bracing mountain air”

fresh

(adjective) (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again; “a fresh start”; “fresh ideas”

fresh, new, novel

(adjective) original and of a kind not seen before; “the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem”

clean, fresh

(adjective) free from impurities; “clean water”; “fresh air”

fresh, sweet, unfermented

(adjective) not soured or preserved; “sweet milk”

fresh, invigorated, refreshed, reinvigorated

(adjective) with restored energy

fresh

(adjective) having recently calved and therefore able to give milk; “the cow is fresh”

newly, freshly, fresh, new

(adverb) very recently; “they are newly married”; “newly raised objections”; “a newly arranged hairdo”; “grass new washed by the rain”; “a freshly cleaned floor”; “we are fresh out of tomatoes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

fresh (comparative fresher, superlative freshest)

Newly produced or obtained; recent.

(of food) Not cooked, dried, frozen, or spoiled.

Antonym: stale

(of plant material) Still green and not dried.

Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.

Synonym: cool

(of water) Without salt; not saline.

Antonym: saline

Rested; not tired or fatigued.

Synonym: rested

Antonym: tired

In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed.

Synonym: Thesaurus:inexperienced

Youthful; florid.

(slang) Good, fashionable.

Synonyms: cool, fashionable

(archaic, slang) Tipsy; drunk.

Adverb

fresh (not comparable)

recently; just recently; most recently

Noun

fresh (plural freshes)

A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.

A stream or spring of fresh water.

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.

Verb

fresh (third-person singular simple present freshes, present participle freshing, simple past and past participle freshed)

(commercial fishing) To pack (fish) loosely on ice.

To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water.

(of wind) To become stronger.

To rebore the barrel of a rifle or shotgun.

To update.

To freshen up.

To renew.

(of a dairy cow) to give birth to a calf.

Etymology 2

Adjective

fresh (comparative fresher, superlative freshest)

Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.

Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious.

Synonyms

• See also cheeky

Anagrams

• Fehrs

Source: Wiktionary

Fresh, a. [Compar. Fresher (; superl. Freshest.] Etym: [OE. fresch, AS. fersc; akin to D. versch, G. frisch, OHG. frisc, Sw. frisk, Dan. frisk, fersk, Icel. fr frisky, brisk, ferskr fresh; cf. It. fresco, OF. fres, freis, fem. freske, fresche, F. frais, fem. fra, which are of German origin. Cf. Fraischeur, Fresco, Frisk.]

1. Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

2. New; original; additional. "Fear of fresh mistakes." Sir W. Scott. A fresh pleasure in every fresh posture of the limbs. Landor.

3. 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.

4. Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs. Shak.

5. In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.

6. 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.

7. 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. Fresh breeze (Naut.), 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 (Naut.), increased speed.

Syn.

– Sound; unimpaired; recent; unfaded: ruddy; florid; sweet; good: inexperienced; unpracticed: unused; lively; vigorous; strong.

Fresh, n.; pl. Freshes (.

1. A stream or spring of fresh water. He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him Where the quick freshes are. Shak.

2. A flood; a freshet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

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. Beverly.

Fresh, v. t.

Definition: To refresh; to freshen. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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