Freshen
Freshen , transitive verb
1.
To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.
2.
To refresh; to revive. [Obsolete] — Spenser
3.
(Nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse. — Totten
Collocations (3)
To freshen ballast (Nautical) , to shift Or restore it.
To freshen the hawse , to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.
To freshen the way , to increase the speed of a vessel. — Ham. Nav. Encyc
Freshen , intransitive verb
1.
To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
2.
To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.