Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective New to one's experience; not encountered before.
- adjective Unusual or different: synonym: new.
- adjective Recently made, produced, or harvested; not stale or spoiled.
- adjective Not preserved, as by canning, smoking, or freezing.
- adjective Not saline or salty.
- adjective Not yet used or soiled; clean.
- adjective Free from impurity or pollution; pure.
- adjective Not dull or faded.
- adjective Fairly strong and often cool; brisk.
- adjective Having just arrived.
- adjective Untried or trained but not experienced.
- adjective Revived or reinvigorated; refreshed.
- adjective Rested and ready for a long ride. Used of horses.
- adjective Having the glowing or unspoiled appearance of youth.
- adjective Having recently calved and therefore with milk. Used of a cow.
- adjective Informal Bold and saucy; impudent.
- adjective Slang Excellent; first-rate.
- adverb Recently; newly.
- noun The early part.
- noun A freshet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Freshly.
- Noting a cow that has recently given birth to a calf.
- To refresh.
- To grow fresh; freshen.
- Having its original qualities; unimpaired in vigor or purity; not weakened, faded, tainted, or decayed; not stale or worn: as, a fresh voice; a fresh complexion; events still fresh in the memory; to keep meat or flowers fresh.
- Of unimpaired physical or mental condition; having full natural vigor, activity, beauty, bloom, etc.; hearty; sound; brisk; lively.
- In a refreshed condition; freshened; reinvigorated; strengthened or purified: as, the troops were now fresh for action; to put on fresh linen.
- New; recent; novel; newly produced, obtained, occurring, arriving, etc.: as, coins fresh from the mint; a fresh coat of paint; fresh tidings; a fresh misfortune; to take a fresh sheet of paper.
- Hence Unpractised; untried; inexperienced; unsophisticated: as, a fresh hand on a ship; a fresh youth.
- Cool; refreshing; invigorating; imparting strength or refreshment; in nautical language, moderately strong or brisk: as, a draught of fresh water; a breath of fresh air; a fresh breeze.
- Not salt, salted, or pickled; not brackish: as, fresh meat or codfish; fresh water.
- Bright; brilliant.
- Tipsy.
- Sober; not tipsy.
- Verdant and conceited; presuming through ignorance and conceit; forward; officious. Compare
cool . - Open; not frosty.
- Novel, Recent, etc. See
new . - Untrained, unskilled, raw.
- noun A flood; a stream in overflow; an inundation; a freshet.
- noun Figuratively, a flood or rush of persons.
- noun A spring or brook of fresh water; a small tributary stream.
- noun A stream or current of fresh water running into tide-water.
- noun The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, or the increased current of an ebb-tide caused by a great volume of fresh water flowing into the sea.
- noun Open weather; a day of open weather; a thaw.
- noun A freshman.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The next time _M. L.B._ visits Scotland, let him ask the first peasant he meets how to keep eggs fresh for years; and he will answer _rub a little oil or butter over them, within a day or two after laying, and they will keep any length of time, perfectly fresh_.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832 Various
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But the secret is, _fresh, fresh, fresh_, and don't stint your coffee.
All About Coffee 1909
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'Ef you want to know,' sez he, 'open your winder of a mornin' et ary season, and you'll larn thet the best of perfooms is jest fresh air, _fresh air_, 'sez he, emphysizin', 'athout no mixtur.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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"Ef you want to know," sez he, "open your winder of a mornin 'et ary season, and you' ll larn thet the best of perfooms is jest fresh air, _fresh air_," sez he, emphysizin ', "athout no mixtur.
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You might have a fish for dinner tonight that was flown in fresh from the Mediterranean.
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You might have a fish for dinner tonight that was flown in fresh from the Mediterranean.
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You might have a fish for dinner tonight that was flown in fresh from the Mediterranean.
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You might have a fish for dinner tonight that was flown in fresh from the Mediterranean.
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He also sees the potential for the comic and webisodes to spur a return to television, and perhaps even a leap to film: âCertainly keeping the âFarscapeâ saga alive via the comic book series and the webisodes keeps the title fresh⦠and the epic scale of storytelling we're able to achieve on the comic book page clearly suggests what the âFarscapeâ experience would be like on the big screen.â
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: ‘Farscape’ Creator Rockne O’Bannon Brings Series Back — As A Comic Book 2008
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In this recipe, corn is cut fresh from the cob and used to fill poblano chiles, which are wrapped in fresh cornhusks, eliminating the need for soaking.
Cornhusk Wrapped Chiles Stuffed with Fresh Corn: Chiltamales 2004
qroqqa commented on the word fresh
"Pour some fresh in Miss Nicholl's glass."
—Dorothy Parker, 'The Bolt behind the Blue'
Not sure what the grammar here is. Is 'fresh' being used as a noun, meaning "fresh drink", or is it a predicative complement (analogous to the adjectives in 'drink some neat', 'drink the milk cold')?
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word fresh
I sort of like it as a noun.
November 12, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word fresh
These are my favorites from the Century:
"Tipsy."
"Sober; not tipsy."
October 10, 2017
bilby commented on the word fresh
Ideal term for an alcoholic in denial, then.
October 11, 2017