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   Fresh

   /freSH/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of food) recently made or obtained; not canned, frozen, or otherwise preserved: "fresh fruit" Similar newly harvestedgarden-freshnot stalecrispfirmunwiltedunfadedrawnaturalunprocessedunpreservedundrieduncuredunsmokedwithout additiveswithout preservativesOpposite staleprocessed
   • 2. not previously known or used; new or different: "the court had heard fresh evidence" Similar newbrand newrecentlatestup to datemodernmodernisticultramodernnewfangledoriginalnoveldifferentinnovativeunusualuncommonunwontedout of the ordinaryunconventionalunorthodoxoffbeatradicalrevolutionaryout of the commonOpposite oldwell-worn
   • ▪ recently created or experienced and not faded or impaired: "the memory was still fresh in their minds"
   • ▪ (of a person) attractively youthful and inexperienced: "a fresh young girl" Similar youngyouthfuljuvenileadolescentboyishgirlishnewnewly arrivedinexperienceduntrainedunqualifieduntriedrawcallowgreenimmatureartlessingenuousnaiveinformal:wet behind the earsOpposite experienced
   • 3. (of a person) full of energy and vigor: "they are feeling fresh after a good night's sleep" Similar refreshedrestedrestoredrevivedlike a new personfresh as a daisyenergeticvigorousinvigoratedfull of vim and vigorvitallivelyvibrantsprysprightlybrightalertbouncingperkyinformal:full of beansraring to gobright-eyed and bushy-tailedchirpychipperOpposite tired
   • ▪ (of a color or a person's complexion) bright or healthy in appearance: "her dark hair set off her fresh complexion to perfection" Similar healthyhealthy-lookingclearbrightyouthfulyouthful-lookingwholesomebloomingglowingunblemishedfairrosyrosy-cheekedpinkpinkishreddishruddyflushedblushingOpposite unhealthy
   • 4. (of water) not salty: "all the fresh water in the world's lakes"
   • 5. (of the wind) cool and fairly strong: "a fresh northerly wind was speeding the ship southwards" Similar chillycoolcoldbriskbracinginvigoratingbleakwintrysnowyfrostyicyice-coldicy-coldglacialpolararcticrawbitterbitterly coldbitinginformal:nippyparkyliterary:chillrare:gelidbrumalOpposite warmsultry
   • ▪ pleasantly clean, pure, and cool: "the toothpaste leaves the mouth feeling wonderfully fresh" Similar coolcrisprefreshinginvigoratingtonicpurecleanclearunpolluteduncontaminateduntainted
   • 6. (of a person) having just had (a particular experience) or come from (a particular place): "we were fresh out of art school"
   • 7. presumptuous toward someone, especially in a sexual way: informal "one truck driver decided to get fresh with me" Similar impudentimpertinentinsolentpresumptuousaudaciousforwardcheekyirreverentdiscourteousdisrespectfulinsubordinaterudecrudebrazenbrazen-facedbrashshamelesspertdefiantbold(as) bold as brassoutrageousshockingout of lineinformal:brass-neckedcockylippymouthyflipsaucysmart-arsedsassynervysmart-assedrare:malapertcontumeliousOpposite polite
   • 8. (of a cow) yielding a renewed or increased supply of milk following the birth of a calf.

   adverb

   • 1. newly; recently: "fresh-baked bread"

   Word Origin Old Englishfersc ‘not salt, fit for drinking’, superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French freis, fresche; both ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch vers and German frisch.

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