Meaning

16 senses
  1. To become fresh.

    (intransitive)To be refreshed.

  2. (intransitive)To become cool.

    become or make oneself fresh again

  3. (intransitive)To become not salty, to lose its salinity. (of water)

  4. (intransitive)To become stronger.

    wind force three, freshening from the southwest

  5. (intransitive, transitive)To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.

  6. To make fresh.

    (transitive)To refresh; to revive; to renew.

  7. (transitive)To make cool.

    make fresh again

  8. (transitive)To make green (vegetation that has become dry).

  9. (transitive)To remove or cover unpleasant qualities such as staleness, bad odour or taste (in air, breath, water, etc.).

  10. (transitive)To touch up (makeup); to give (a body part, especially the face) a quick wash.

  11. (transitive)To touch up the paint on (something).

  12. (transitive)To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).

Examples

18 sentences
  1. She freshened herself up before supper.

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  2. Would you like to freshen up?

    ruНе хочешь освежиться?

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  3. Give me a minute to freshen up.

    ruДай мне минуту привести себя в порядок.

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  4. I'll go freshen up.

    Я піду освіжуся.

    deIch mach mich mal frisch.

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  5. Ziri has got to go freshen up.

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Forms

freshens, freshening, freshened, freshened
Base formfreshen · to freshen
3rd person singularfreshens
Present participlefreshening
Past simplefreshened
Past participlefreshened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfreshen
he, she, itfreshens

Past simpleLesson

all personsfreshened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave freshened
he, she, ithas freshened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill freshen

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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