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REFRESH
refresh, freshen, refreshen
(verb) make fresh again
freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
(verb) become or make oneself fresh again; “She freshened up after the tennis game”
refresh, freshen
(verb) make (to feel) fresh; “The cool water refreshed us”
review, brush up, refresh
(verb) refresh one’s memory; “I reviewed the material before the test”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
refresh (third-person singular simple present refreshes, present participle refreshing, simple past and past participle refreshed)
(transitive) To renew or revitalize.
(intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
(computing, ambitransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
(computing, ambitransitive) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
(intransitive, colloquial, dated) To take refreshment; to eat or drink.
Noun
refresh (plural refreshes)
The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
(computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
The process of modernizing something.
Anagrams
• fresher
Source: Wiktionary
Re*fresh" (r*frsh"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refreshed (-frsht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refreshing.] Etym: [OE. refreshen, refreschen, OF. refreschir (cf. OF. rafraischir, rafreschir, F. rafra); pref. re- re- + fres fresh. F. frais. See Fresh, a.]
1. To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind. Chaucer. Foer they have refreshed my spirit and yours. 1 Cor. xvi. 18. And labor shall refresh itself with hope. Shak.
2. To make as if new; to repair; to restore. The rest refresh the scaly snakes that folDryden. To refresh the memory, to quicken or strengthen it, as by a reference, review, memorandum, or suggestion.
Syn.
– To cool; refrigerate; invigorate; revive; reanimate; renovate; renew; restore; recreate; enliven; cheer.
Re*fresh", n.
Definition: The act of refreshing. [Obs.] Daniel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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