Fresh Definition

frĕsh
freshest, fresher
adjective
freshest, fresher
New to one's experience; not encountered before.
Fresh evidence.
American Heritage
Newly made.
A fresh pot of coffee.
Webster's New World
Unusual or different.
A fresh slant on the problem.
American Heritage
Recently produced, obtained, or arrived.
Webster's New World
Having original strength, vigor, quality, taste, etc.
Webster's New World
adverb
Recently; newly.
Fresh out of milk; muffins baked fresh daily.
American Heritage
In a fresh manner.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
The fresh part.
Webster's New World
A freshet.
Webster's New World
A pool or stream of fresh water.
Webster's New World

A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.

Wiktionary
verb
To make or become fresh.
Webster's New World
idiom
fresh out (of)
  • having just sold or used up the last one or part (of)
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Fresh

Noun

Singular:
fresh
Plural:
freshes

Adjective

Base Form:
fresh
Comparative:
fresher
Superlative:
freshest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fresh

Origin of Fresh

  • From Middle English fresch, fersch, from Old English fersc (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preisk- (“fresh”). Cognate with Scots fresch (“fresh”), West Frisian farsk (“fresh”), Dutch vers (“fresh”), Walloon frexh (“fresh”), German frisch (“fresh”), French frais (“fresh”), Danish frisk (“fresh”), fersk, Icelandic ferskur (“fresh”), Lithuanian prėskas (“unflavoured, tasteless, fresh”), Russian пресный (pr'ésnyj, “sweet, fresh, unleavened, tasteless”).

    From Wiktionary

  • 1848, US slang, probably from German frech (“impudent, cheeky, insolent”), from Middle High German vrech (“bold, brave, lively”), from Old High German freh (“greedy, eager, avaricious, covetous”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (“greedy, outrageous, courageous, capable, active”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pereg- (“to be quick, twitch, sprinkle, splash”). Cognate with Old English frec (“greedy; eager, bold, daring; dangerous”). More at freak.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English fersc pure, not salty and from Old French freis (feminine fresche) new, recent of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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