dictionary definitions for "fresh"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  fresh
      adv 1: very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised
             objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed
             by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh
             out of tomatoes" [syn: newly, freshly, fresh,
             new]
      adj 1: recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a
             fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce" [ant: stale]
      2: (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again; "a fresh start";
         "fresh ideas"
      3: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
         [syn: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing,
         refreshful, tonic]
      4: original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer
         produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
         [syn: fresh, new, novel]
      5: not canned or otherwise preserved; "fresh vegetables" [ant:
         preserved]
      6: not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water" [syn:
         fresh, sweet] [ant: salty]
      7: having recently calved and therefore able to give milk; "the
         cow is fresh"
      8: with restored energy [syn: fresh, invigorated,
         refreshed, reinvigorated]
      9: not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: fresh, sweet,
         unfermented]
      10: free from impurities; "clean water"; "fresh air" [syn:
          clean, fresh]
      11: not yet used or soiled; "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of
          paper"; "an unused envelope" [syn: fresh, unused]
      12: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me";
          "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent
          boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"
          [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold,
          smart, saucy, sassy, wise]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fresh \Fresh\ (fr[e^]sh), a. [Compar. Fresher
     (fr[e^]sh"[~e]r); superl. Freshest.] [OE. fresch, AS.
     fersc; akin to D. versch, G. frisch, OHG. frisc, Sw. frisk,
     Dan. frisk, fersk, Icel. fr[imac]skr frisky, brisk, ferskr
     fresh; cf. It. fresco, OF. fres, freis, fem. freske, fresche,
     F. frais, fem. fra[^i]che, which are of German origin. Cf.
     Fraischeur, Fresco, Frisk.]
     1. Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong;
        unimpaired; sound.
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     2. New; original; additional. "Fear of fresh mistakes." --Sir
        W. Scott.
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              A fresh pleasure in every fresh posture of the
              limbs.                                --Landor.
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     3. Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not
        stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or
        tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers,
        eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained;
        occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods;
        fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as,
        fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as,
        fresh water.
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     4. Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs. --Shak.
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     5. In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated;
        uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.
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     6. Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as,
        fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor;
        rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.
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     7. Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which
        is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction
        from that which is pickled or salted.
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     Fresh breeze (Naut.), a breeze between a moderate and a
        strong breeze; one blowinq about twenty miles an hour.
  
     Fresh gale, a gale blowing about forty-five miles an hour.
        
  
     Fresh way (Naut.), increased speed.
  
     Syn: Sound; unimpaired; recent; unfaded: ruddy; florid;
          sweet; good: inexperienced; unpracticed: unused; lively;
          vigorous; strong.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fresh \Fresh\, n.; pl. Freshes.
     1. A stream or spring of fresh water.
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              He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show
              him
              Where the quick freshes are.          --Shak.
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     2. A flood; a freshet. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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     3. 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. --Beverly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fresh \Fresh\, v. t.
     To refresh; to freshen. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:

  Fresh
  
     <language>
  
     ["Fresh: A Higher-Order Language Based on Unification",
     G. Smolka, in Logic Programming: Functions, Relations and
     Equations", D. DeGroot et al, P-H 1986, pp. 469-524].
  
     (1996-04-28)
  


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