Fresh
Fresh (fresh) , adjective
[Old English fresch, Anglo-Saxon fersc; akin to Dutch versch, German frisch, Old High German frisc, Swedish frisk, Danish frisk, fersk, Icelandic frīskr frisky, brisk, ferskr fresh; compare Italian fresco, Old French fres, freis, fem. freske, fresche, French frais, fem. fraîche, which are of German origin. Compare Fraischeur, Fresco, Frisk.]
1.
Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.
2.
New; original; additional.
Fear of fresh mistakes.
A fresh pleasure in every fresh posture of the limbs.
3.
Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers, eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods; fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as, fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as, fresh water.
4.
Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs. — Shakespeare
5.
In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.
6.
Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.
7.
Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction from that which is pickled or salted.
Collocations (3)
Fresh breeze (Nautical) , a breeze between a moderate and a strong breeze; one blowinq about twenty miles an hour.
Fresh gale , a gale blowing about forty-five miles an hour.
Fresh way (Nautical) , increased speed.
Fresh ({not transcribed}) , noun
1.
A stream or spring of fresh water.
He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him
Where the quick freshes are.
2.
A flood; a freshet. [Provincial English] — Halliwell
3.
The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea. — Beverly
Fresh , transitive verb
To refresh; to freshen. [Obsolete] — Rom. of R