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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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