Fresh meaning

frĕsh

Bold; impertinent; impudent.

adjective

New to one's experience; not encountered before.

Fresh evidence.

adjective

Unusual or different.

A fresh slant on the problem.

adjective

Recently made, produced, or harvested; not stale or spoiled.

Fresh bread.

adjective

Not preserved, as by canning, smoking, or freezing.

Fresh vegetables.

adjective

Not yet used or soiled; clean.

A fresh sheet of paper.

adjective

Free from impurity or pollution; pure.

Fresh air.

adjective

Not dull or faded.

A fresh memory.

adjective

Having just arrived.

Fashions fresh from Paris.

adjective

Untried or trained but not experienced.

Fresh volunteers.

adjective

Revived or reinvigorated; refreshed.

I was fresh as a daisy after the nap.

adjective

Rested and ready for a long ride. Used of horses.

adjective

Having the glowing or unspoiled appearance of youth.

A fresh complexion.

adjective

Recently; newly.

Fresh out of milk; muffins baked fresh daily.

adverb

The early part.

The fresh of the day.

noun

A freshet.

noun

Having original strength, vigor, quality, taste, etc.

Not preserved by being salted, pickled, canned, or frozen.

fresh meat, fresh vegetables.
Not spoiled, rotten, or stale.
Not tired; vigorous; lively.

To feel fresh after a nap.
Not worn, soiled, faded, etc.; vivid; bright; clean.
Youthful or healthy in appearance.

A fresh complexion.

adjective

Not known before; new; recent.

Fresh information.

adjective

Additional; further.

A fresh start.

adjective

Original, spontaneous, and stimulating.

Fresh ideas.

adjective

Cool and refreshing; invigorating.

A fresh spring day.

adjective

Brisk; strong.

adjective

Not salt.

adjective

Designating or of a cow that has just begun to give milk, as after having borne a calf.

adjective

Recently produced, obtained, or arrived.

adjective

Newly made.

A fresh pot of coffee.

adjective

Inexperienced; unaccustomed.

adjective

Having just arrived.

adjective

The fresh part.

noun

A freshet.

noun

A pool or stream of fresh water.

noun

In a fresh manner.

adverb

To make or become fresh.

verb

Newly produced or obtained.

He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.

I seem to make fresh mistakes every time I start writing.

adjective

Not cooked, dried, frozen, or spoiled.

After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.

I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm.

A glass of fresh milk.

adjective

(of plant material) Still green and not dried.

adjective

Refreshing or cool.

What a nice fresh breeze.

adjective

(of water) Without salt; not saline.

After a day at sea it was good to feel the fresh water of the stream.

adjective

Rested; not tired or fatigued.

adjective

In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed.

A fresh hand on a ship.

adjective

Youthful; florid.

adjective

(computing, of a release package or software installation) Having only the files and settings of a specific release of the software package; without updates or upgrades that were released subsequent to the release of a specific version.

A fresh installation of Windows XP has Internet Explorer version 6.

QA uses a fresh copy of the old version to test backward-compatibility of new add-ons.

adjective

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

noun

A stream or spring of fresh water.

noun

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.

noun

Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.

No one liked his fresh comments.

adjective

Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious.

Hey, don't get fresh with me!

adjective

The definition of fresh is something recently harvested, recently produced or newly made.

An example of fresh is just squeezed orange juice.

adjective

Not saline or salty.

Fresh water.

adjective

Fairly strong and often cool; brisk.

A fresh wind.

adjective

Having recently calved and therefore with milk. Used of a cow.

adjective

Bold and saucy; impudent.

adjective

Excellent; first-rate.

adjective

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”).

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