Refresh
[rɪ'freʃ] or [ri'frɛʃ]
Definition
(verb.) make fresh again.
(verb.) make (to feel) fresh; 'The cool water refreshed us'.
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Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) To make as if new; to repair; to restore.
(n.) The act of refreshing.
Editor: Omar
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Invigorate, reanimate, revive, relieve, recruit, recreate, enliven, give fresh vigor to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cool, refrigerate, in, vigorate, revive, reanimate, renovate, recreate, renew,restore, cheer, freshen, brace
ANT:Heat, oppress, weary, burden, afflict, annoy, tire, fatigue, exhaust,debilitate, enervate, relax
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Definition
v.t. to give new strength spirit &c. to: to revive after exhaustion: to enliven: to restore a fresh appearance to.—v.i. to become fresh again: (coll.) to take refreshment as food and drink.—v.t. Rēfresh′en to make fresh again.—n. Rēfresh′er one who or that which refreshes: a fee paid to counsel for continuing his attention to a case esp. when adjourned.—adj. Rēfresh′ful full of power to refresh: refreshing.—adv. Rēfresh′fully.—p.adj. Rēfresh′ing reviving invigorating.—adv. Rēfresh′ingly in a refreshing manner: so as to revive.—ns. Rēfresh′ingness; Refresh′ment the act of refreshing: new strength or spirit after exhaustion: that which refreshes as food or rest—(pl.) usually food and drink.—Refreshment or Refection Sunday the fourth Sunday in Lent.
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Examples
- We shall find means to refresh it before we have quite done with him, I dare say. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Nor did night refresh the earth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I feel as if there had been an earthquake, said Jo, as their neighbors went home to breakfast, leaving them to rest and refresh themselves. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There is hardly any desiring to refresh such a memory as _that_,said Mr. Knightley, feelingly; and for a moment or two he had done. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She reclined over the garden gate as if to refresh herself awhile. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I have seen your pleasant home, and your old father, and all the innocent, cheerful playful ways with which you refresh your business life. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- My dinner went away almost untasted, and I tried to refresh myself with a glass or two of wine. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Being dressed, I went down; not travel-worn and exhausted, but tidy and refreshed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Rested and refreshed, we took the rail happy and contented. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was as late as seven o'clock when he awoke refreshed, and went out into the streets again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I can lay my hand on my heart, and declare that every page has charmed, refreshed, delighted me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Feeling greatly refreshed by this rest, he bathed his face and hands in cold water, with the intention of going outside into the delicious night air. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The two gentlemen, refreshed by their bath and a hearty meal, were now arrayed in loose, flowing robes of white wool, similar to that of Justinian. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The soft hair whose locks were loosened she rearranged, the damp brow she refreshed with a cool, fragrant essence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Now, indeed, Martin allowed himself a refreshing laugh of scorn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All unfortunate men of my size suffer from the heat, said the Count, refreshing himself gravely with a large green fan. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Somebody was leaning out of my bedroom window, refreshing his forehead against the cool stone of the parapet, and feeling the air upon his face. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I assure you it is very refreshing after sitting so long in one attitude. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- And we are carrying on this little farce to keep up appearances, and isn't it refreshing! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- After the tissue of social falsehoods in which she had so long moved it was refreshing to step into the open daylight of an avowed expediency. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Worcester had for the last three years so surfeited me with love and adoration, that, really, a little indifference was quite refreshing! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- If we believe, that fire warms, or water refreshes, it is only because it costs us too much pains to think otherwise. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Such shifting of beds would also be of great service to persons ill of a fever, as it refreshes and frequently procures sleep. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Editor: Sheldon