Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To renew or revitalize.

    Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.

    erfrischen, erquicken, auffrischen

    освежа́тьosvežátʹ, обновля́тьobnovljátʹ

    освіжа́тиosvižáty, освіжи́тиosvižýty

  2. (intransitive)To become fresh again; to be revitalized.

    become or make oneself fresh again

  3. (ambitransitive)To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.

    aktualisieren, neu laden

    обновля́тьobnovljátʹ

  4. (ambitransitive)To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.

  5. To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

  6. (colloquial, dated, intransitive)To take refreshment; to eat or drink.

Examples

164 sentences
  1. I thought that it was refreshing.

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  2. I refreshed myself with a hot bath.

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  3. I feel refreshed after taking a walk.

    deNach einem Spaziergang fühle ich mich erfrischt.

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  4. This is a refreshing change of pace.

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  5. I feel quite refreshed after taking a bath.

    ruПриняв ванну, я здорово освежился.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to renew or revitalize:
Русский
By meaning 1
to renew or revitalize:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to renew or revitalize:
computing: to reload a document, web page etc.:

Origin

From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to re

From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- + fresh.

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Forms

refreshes, refreshing, refreshed, refreshed
Base formrefresh · to refresh
3rd person singularrefreshes
Present participlerefreshing
Past simplerefreshed
Past participlerefreshed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrefresh
he, she, itrefreshes

Past simpleLesson

all personsrefreshed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill refresh

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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