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Fresh   /frɛʃ/   Listen
adjective
Fresh  adj.  (compar. fresher; superl. freshest)  
1.
Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.
2.
New; original; additional. "Fear of fresh mistakes." "A fresh pleasure in every fresh posture of the limbs."
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.
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.
Synonyms: Sound; unimpaired; recent; unfaded: ruddy; florid; sweet; good: inexperienced; unpracticed: unused; lively; vigorous; strong.


noun
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."
2.
A flood; a freshet. (Prov. Eng.)
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.


verb
Fresh  v. t.  To refresh; to freshen. (Obs.)





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— The Deerslayer • James Fenimore Cooper
... hovers on the wing, Waiting the opening flower, of whose embrace The sun shall be the signal. Poised in air, The winged minstrel of the liquid dawn, The lark, pours forth his lyric, and responds To the fresh chorus of the sylvan doves, The stir of branches and the fall of streams, ...
— Venetia • Benjamin Disraeli
... into particulars and made use of different expressions; but towards the end he grew agitated, flushed and felt that his heart was throbbing. Anna listened to him in silence, her hands folded on her lap; a mournful smile never left her face ... bitter grief, still fresh in its poignancy, was expressed ...
— Dream Tales and Prose Poems • Ivan Turgenev


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