Freshen

Quick meaning: Freshen is a verb meaning (intransitive) To become fresh.

Meaning

(intransitive) To become fresh.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, of wind) To become stronger.
2. (intransitive, transitive, of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.
3. (transitive) To make fresh.
4. (transitive) To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
5. (transitive) To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
6. (transitive) To top up (a drink).
7. (transitive, nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.

Example Sentences

The cow freshened the week before Christmas. The calf was a heifer and there was rejoicing on Baxter’s Island.

It was a breezy sunny day; the air freshened the girl's cheeks, and gracefully dishevelled their ringlets: […]

As he gazed up, the night wind freshened and the rustling of leaves became louder and higher, with a semblance of urgent repetition [...]

All day the breeze held in the same point, and rather freshened than died down; and towards afternoon, a swell began to set in from round the outer Hebrides.

Word Forms

• freshens
• freshening
• freshened

Synonyms for freshen

Depending on context, synonyms include refresh, refreshen.

Antonyms for freshen

Common opposites include weary, jade, fatigue, wear, fag, tire.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include refresh, refreshen, renew, jog, cool, aerate.

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