fresh

Plural: freshes

Adjective

• New, recently made, or not stale; vigorous.
• recently made, produced, or harvested
  • "fresh bread"
  • "a fresh scent"
  • "fresh lettuce"
• not canned or otherwise preserved
  • "fresh vegetables"
• not containing or composed of salt water
  • "fresh water"

Adjective Satellite

• (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again
  • "a fresh start"
  • "fresh ideas"
• imparting vitality and energy
• original and of a kind not seen before
• having recently calved and therefore able to give milk
  • "the cow is fresh"
• with restored energy
• not soured or preserved
• free from impurities
  • "fresh air"
• not yet used or soiled
  • "a fresh shirt"
  • "a fresh sheet of paper"
• improperly forward or bold
  • "don't be fresh with me"

Adverb

• very recently
  • "a freshly cleaned floor"
  • "we are fresh out of tomatoes"

Adj

• Newly produced or obtained; recent.
• Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.
• Still green and not dried.
• Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.
• Without salt; not saline.
• Rested; not tired or fatigued.
• In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed.
• Youthful; florid.
• Good, fashionable.
• Tipsy; drunk.
• Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.
• Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious.

Adv

• recently; just recently; most recently

Noun

• A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
• A stream or spring of fresh water.
• 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

Verb Forms: freshed, freshing, freshes

• To make or become fresh; to freshen.
• To pack (fish) loosely on ice.
• To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water.
• To become stronger.
• To rebore the barrel of a rifle or shotgun.
• To update.
• To freshen up.
• To renew.
• to give birth to a calf.

Examples

• a fresh hand on a ship
• a fresh pair of sneakers
• a glass of fresh milk
• After a day at sea it was good to feel the fresh water of the stream.
• After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.
• He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.
• He hoped a good play would fresh his rack, but he drew more vowels.
• Hey, don't get fresh with me!
• His fresh perspective on letter distribution led to an unexpected bingo.
• I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm.
• I seem to make fresh mistakes every time I start writing.
• No one liked his fresh comments.
• We are fresh out of milk.
• What a nice fresh breeze.
• With his recent divorce still fresh in his mind, he was unable to concentrate on his work.

Synonyms

bracing, brisk, clean, freshly, impertinent, impudent, invigorated, new, newly, novel, overbold, refreshed, refreshful, refreshing, reinvigorated, sassy, saucy, smart, sweet, tonic, unfermented, unused, wise, callow, cool, experienceless, fashionable, fresh, green, inexperienced, pup, raw, rested, strange, unexperienced, unpracticed, unseasoned, unversed

Antonyms

preserved, salty, stale, saline, tired

Anagrams of fresh