About The Word Freshen
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Freshen
Freshen Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Freshen?
[v] make fresh again
[v] become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game" [v] make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us" Synonyms | Synonyms for Freshen: refresh | refresh | refreshen Related Terms | Find terms related to Freshen: aerate | air | air out | air-condition | air-cool | airify | animate | blast | bleach | blow | blow a hurricane | blow great guns | blow over | blow up | bluster | bowdlerize | brace | brace up | breeze | breeze up | brew | brighten up | brisk | brisken | brush up | buck up | cheer | chill | chirk up | clean | clean out | clean up | cleanse | clear out | come up | cool | cross-ventilate | delouse | deodorize | depurate | deterge | dry-clean | dust | dust off | enliven | exhilarate | expurgate | fan | fix | fortify | fresh up | freshen up | furbish | furbish up | gather | huff | ice | ice-cool | increase | infrigidate | invigorate | lace | lustrate | oxygenate | oxygenize | perk up | pick up | pipe up | polish | polish up | puff | purge | purify | quicken | rage | reanimate | recreate | reform | refresh | refreshen | refrigerate | regale | reinvigorate | renew | renovate | repair | retouch | revitalize | revive | revivify | rouse | rub up | scavenge | set in | set up | shine | spike | spruce | spruce up | squall | steam-clean | stimulate | storm | strengthen | sweep out | sweeten | tidy | titivate | tone up | touch up | vamp | vamp up | ventilate | vivify | waft | whiff | whiffle | whiten | wind | winnow | wipe | wipe off | wipe out | wipe up See Also | air | air out | alter | change | freshen | freshen up | lave | regenerate | renew | vent | ventilate | wash up Freshen In Webster's Dictionary \Fresh"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Freshened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Freshening}]
1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline
ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water,
fish, or flesh.
2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. (Naut.) 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. -- Totten.
{To freshen ballast} (Naut.), to shift Or restore it.
{To freshen the hawse}, to pay out a little more cable, so as
to bring the chafe on another part.
{To freshen the way}, to increase the speed of a vessel.
--Ham. Nav. Encyc.
\Fresh"en\, v. i. 1. To grow fresh; to lose saltness. 2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens. |
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