fresh
//fɹɛʃ//
Forms
- Comparative
- fresher
- Superlative
- freshest
- Plural
- freshes
Definitions
1.Newly produced or obtained; recent.
- 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.
2.Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.
- I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm.
- After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.
- In fact, street food may well be fresher than that served in restaurants and cafes, as it is cooked at the point of sale. It's certainly much cheaper.
3.(of plant material) Still green and not dried.
- We're running out of fresh water.
- I just need some fresh air.
4.Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.
- What a nice fresh breeze.
1.Recently; just recently; most recently.
- We are fresh out of milk.
- Hell of a surprise in the seventh season premiere of Game Of Thrones. Arya Stark, fresh off a nigh Cersei-level ambush of the Frey household, comes upon a small campfire surrounded by fresh-faced red cloaks.
1.A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
- They went on very well with their work until it was nigh done, when there came the second epistle to Noah's fresh, and away went their mill, shot, lock, and barrel.
2.A stream or spring of fresh water.
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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1250
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective.