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Webster 1913 Edition
Freshen
Fresh′en
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Freshened
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Freshening
] 1.
To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty;
as, to
. freshen
water, fish, or flesh2.
To refresh; to revive.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
3.
(Naut.)
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 Totten.
To freshen ballast
(Naut.)
, 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.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Fresh′en
,Verb.
I.
1.
To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
2.
To grow brisk or strong;
as, the wind
. freshens
Webster 1828 Edition
Freshen
FRESH'EN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make fresh; to dulcify; to separate, as water from saline particles; to take saltiness from any thing; as, to freshen water, fish or flesh.2.
To refresh; to revive. [Not used.]3.
In seaman's language, to apply new service to a cable; as, to freshen hawse.FRESH'EN
, v.i.1.
To grow fresh; to lose salt or saltiness.2.
To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.Definition 2025
freshen
freshen
English
Verb
freshen (third-person singular simple present freshens, present participle freshening, simple past and past participle freshened)
- To become fresh.
- I'm going to go freshen up.
- To make fresh.
- 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, book 1, chapter 31
- So go and freshen yourself up, Amy; go and freshen yourself up, like a good girl.
- 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, book 1, chapter 31
- (of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving.
- 1919 January, in The Chenango County Farm Bureau News, volume 5, number 1, page 7:
- For Sale—Three registered holstein cows. Due to freshen the first of Jan. February and March. Prices that will sell. Age three and five years. Eugune Gibson, Smyrna.
- 1919 January, in The Chenango County Farm Bureau News, volume 5, number 1, page 7:
- To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
- to freshen water, fish, or flesh
- To refresh; to revive.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
- to freshen a hawse
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
- To top up (a drink).
- (of wind) to become stronger.
Translations
To become fresh
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To make fresh
To make less salty
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