Fresh

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. New to one's experience; not encountered before.
  • adjective. Unusual or different: synonym: new.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Recently made, produced, or harvested; not stale or spoiled.
  • adjective. Not preserved, as by canning, smoking, or freezing.
  • adjective. Not saline or salty.
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  • adjective. Not yet used or soiled; clean.
  • adjective. Free from impurity or pollution; pure.
  • adjective. Not dull or faded.
  • adjective. Fairly strong and often cool; brisk.
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  • adjective. Having just arrived.
  • adjective. Untried or trained but not experienced.
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  • adjective. Revived or reinvigorated; refreshed.
  • adjective. Rested and ready for a long ride. Used of horses.
  • adjective. Having the glowing or unspoiled appearance of youth.
  • adjective. Having recently calved and therefore with milk. Used of a cow.
  • adjective. Bold and saucy; impudent.
  • adjective. Excellent; first-rate.
  • adverb. Recently; newly.
  • noun. The early part.
  • noun. A freshet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Freshly.
  • Noting a cow that has recently given birth to a calf.
  • To refresh.
  • To grow fresh; freshen.
  • Having its original qualities; unimpaired in vigor or purity; not weakened, faded, tainted, or decayed; not stale or worn: as, a fresh voice; a fresh complexion; events still fresh in the memory; to keep meat or flowers fresh.
  • Of unimpaired physical or mental condition; having full natural vigor, activity, beauty, bloom, etc.; hearty; sound; brisk; lively.
  • In a refreshed condition; freshened; reinvigorated; strengthened or purified: as, the troops were now fresh for action; to put on fresh linen.
  • New; recent; novel; newly produced, obtained, occurring, arriving, etc.: as, coins fresh from the mint; a fresh coat of paint; fresh tidings; a fresh misfortune; to take a fresh sheet of paper.
  • Hence Unpractised; untried; inexperienced; unsophisticated: as, a fresh hand on a ship; a fresh youth.
  • Cool; refreshing; invigorating; imparting strength or refreshment; in nautical language, moderately strong or brisk: as, a draught of fresh water; a breath of fresh air; a fresh breeze.
  • Not salt, salted, or pickled; not brackish: as, fresh meat or codfish; fresh water.
  • Bright; brilliant.
  • Tipsy.
  • Sober; not tipsy.
  • Verdant and conceited; presuming through ignorance and conceit; forward; officious. Compare cool.
  • Open; not frosty.
  • Novel, Recent, etc. See new.
  • Untrained, unskilled, raw.
  • noun. A flood; a stream in overflow; an inundation; a freshet.
  • noun. Figuratively, a flood or rush of persons.
  • noun. A spring or brook of fresh water; a small tributary stream.
  • noun. A stream or current of fresh water running into tide-water.
  • noun. The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, or the increased current of an ebb-tide caused by a great volume of fresh water flowing into the sea.
  • noun. Open weather; a day of open weather; a thaw.
  • noun. A freshman.
  • Word Usage
    "The next time _M. L.B._ visits Scotland, let him ask the first peasant he meets how to keep eggs fresh for years; and he will answer _rub a little oil or butter over them, within a day or two after laying, and they will keep any length of time, perfectly fresh_."