Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
REFRESHING
bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic
(adjective) imparting vitality and energy; “the bracing mountain air”
novel, refreshing
(adjective) pleasantly new or different; “common sense of a most refreshing sort”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
refreshing (comparative more refreshing, superlative most refreshing)
That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
Serving to refresh, particularly with respect to an electronic screen, or a browser window or similar computer application.
Noun
refreshing (plural refreshings)
The action of refresh; refreshment given or received.
That which gives refreshment.
Verb
refreshing
present participle of refresh
Source: Wiktionary
Re*fresh"ing, a.
Definition: Reviving; reanimating.
– Re*fresh"ing*ly, adv.
– Re*fresh"ing*ness, n.
REFRESH
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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