Freshen
['freʃ(ə)n] or ['frɛʃən]
Definition
(verb.) become or make oneself fresh again; 'She freshened up after the tennis game'.
Editor: Solomon--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.
(v. t.) To refresh; to revive.
(v. t.) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse.
(v. i.) To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
(v. i.) To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.
Checker: Zachariah
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Make fresh.
v. n. [1]. Grow fresh.[2]. Grow brisk (said of the wind).
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Examples
- It'll do you good; it'll freshen you up and get you into training for another turn at the Chancellor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I've been working away at mathematics till my head is in a muddle, and I'm going to freshen my wits by a brisk turn. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- So go and freshen yourself up, Amy; go and freshen yourself up, like a good girl. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Unbear him half a moment to freshen him up, and I'll be back. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have been green, too, Miss Eyre,--ay, grass green: not a more vernal tint freshens you now than once freshened me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She glowed; remembering the mendacity of the imagination, she flagged; then she freshened; then she fired; then she cooled again. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was a breezy sunny day; the air freshened the girls' cheeks and gracefully dishevelled their ringlets. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Why, there's not much air to be got here; and what there is, is not very freshening, Weevle answers, glancing up and down the court. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have been green, too, Miss Eyre,--ay, grass green: not a more vernal tint freshens you now than once freshened me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She freshens me up above a bit. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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