Lexic.us

Definition of Freshen

1. Verb. Make (to feel) fresh. "The performance is likely to freshen Sue"; "The cool water refreshed us"

2. Verb. Become or make oneself fresh again. "She freshened up after the tennis game"

3. Verb. Make fresh again.

Definition of Freshen

1. v. t. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.

2. v. i. To grow fresh; to lose saltness.

Definition of Freshen

1. to make or become fresh [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Freshen

1. 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. 3. 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. To freshen ballast, 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. Origin: Freshened; Freshening. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Freshen

fresco frescoed frescoer frescoers frescoes frescoing frescoist frescoists frescos fresh

fresh fresh(a) fresh-cut freshed freshen (current term) freshen (current term) freshened freshener fresheners freshening

freshening freshens freshen up fresher freshers freshes freshest freshet freshets freshing

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