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HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS

freshen

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

HYPHEN

fresh=en

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb freshen has 3 senses

freshen(v = verb.change) refresh - make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"

is one way to regenerate, renew

Derived form noun freshener₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

freshen(v = verb.body) freshen up, refresh, refreshen - become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"

is one way to change

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

freshen(v = verb.body) refresh, refreshen - make fresh again; Array

is one way to alter, change, modify

Derived form noun freshener₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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CIDE DICTIONARY

freshen, v. t.

To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh. [1913 Webster]
To refresh; to revive. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

To freshen ballast (Naut.), 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, v. i.

To grow fresh; to lose saltness. [1913 Webster]
To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

freshen, v.
1 tr. & intr. make or become fresh or fresher.
2 intr. & tr. (foll. by up) a wash, change one's clothes, etc. b revive, refresh, renew.

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THESAURUS

freshen

aerate, air, air out, air-condition, air-cool, airify, animate, blast, bleach, blow, blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow over, blow up, bluster, bowdlerize, brace, brace up, breeze, breeze up, brew, brighten up, brisk, brisken, brush up, buck up, cheer, chill, chirk up, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, come up, cool, cross-ventilate, delouse, deodorize, depurate, deterge, dry-clean, dust, dust off, enliven, exhilarate, expurgate, fan, fix, fortify, fresh up, freshen up, furbish, furbish up, gather, huff, ice, ice-cool, increase, infrigidate, invigorate, lace, lustrate, oxygenate, oxygenize, perk up, pick up, pipe up, polish, polish up, puff, purge, purify, quicken, rage, reanimate, recreate, reform, refresh, refreshen, refrigerate, regale, reinvigorate, renew, renovate, repair, retouch, revitalize, revive, revivify, rouse, rub up, scavenge, set in, set up, shine, spike, spruce, spruce up, squall, steam-clean, stimulate, storm, strengthen, sweep out, sweeten, tidy, titivate, tone up, touch up, vamp, vamp up, ventilate, vivify, waft, whiff, whiffle, whiten, wind, winnow, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up

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