Fresh

/fɹɛʃ/ · adjective

Meaning

Newly produced or obtained; recent..

Definitions by Sense

1. Newly produced or obtained; recent.
2. (of food) Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.
3. (botany) (of plant material) Still green and not dried.
4. Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.
5. (of water) Without salt; not saline.
6. Rested; not tired or fatigued.
7. In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed.
8. Youthful; florid.

Example Sentences

He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.

I seem to make fresh mistakes every time I start writing.

With his recent divorce still fresh in his mind, he was unable to concentrate on his work.

Where will you find a purer and more suggestive bit of criticism given in a fresher and more implicatory style than the following?

Ross Douthat's gotten a lot of pushback for using his soapbox to complain that liberal Christianity lacks "a religious reason for its own existence." And with good reason—it'd be nice if the national paper of record's faithiest columnist could at least spin a fresher argument against us mainliners.

After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.

I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm.

a glass of fresh milk

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Word Forms

• fresher
• freshest
• freshes
• freshing
• freshed

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