fresh
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (of food) Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.Examples: "After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat."; "I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm."; "a glass of fresh milk"Antonyms: stale
2. (of plant material) Still green and not dried.Examples: "With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]"
3. (of water) Without salt; not saline.Examples: "After a day at sea it was good to feel the fresh water of the stream."; "There we made our ſhip faſt with foure ropes, in ſmooth water, and the freſh water ranne downe out of the hill into the ſea, […]"; "When dissolved, it produces water sometimes perfectly fresh, and sometimes saltish; […]"Antonyms: saline
4. (slang) Good, fashionable.Examples: "a fresh pair of sneakers"; "I've been thinking about the way you walk Baby ooh I like the way you talk Tell you something I really can't hide Heaven must have sent you to be by my side Fresh and lovely fresh like a dream come true I'll give anything to spend the night with you"; "Because my devastating beats I know you will like / You see my beat box is fresh, it'll blow your mind"Synonyms: cool, fashionableslang
5. (archaic, slang) Tipsy; drunk.Examples: "How long did Mr. Crisp stay with you?—He might have stayed two hours; he stayed some time after; he drank ale and got fresh."archaicslang
verb (English)
1. (commercial fishing) To pack (fish) loosely on ice.Examples: "With the exception of about 1800 crans which were "rough packed," all the herrings landed during the winter months were freshed and kippered."; "Aided by government propaganda, herring became an important British war-time food, not pickled, but 'freshed' (packed loosely in ice) and kippered."; "Smoked abalone is prepared by smoking the salted and freshed abalone, the smoked meat is packed with vegetable oil."
2. (of wind) To become stronger.Examples: "Horrible was now my condition, as the wind freshed up more and more."; "I should have observed, that as we rounded the north-east point, the breeze freshed, and the squalls came heavy out of the gullies and deep ravines."; "On the afternoon of the 20th, at the period the storm was very severe to the south-west of her, the Barlow experienced calms and variable winds. By noon on the 21st, the wind freshed, with the weather cloudy."
3. (of a dairy cow) to give birth to a calf.Examples: "A cow was actually tested twice a month on the 5th and 25th of each month. The cow freshed December 15, her milk was good December 18, and she went dry October 30."; "Fall Freshed Cows Produce More Milk."; "On the day of my visit, Mary greets me at my car with a delighted look on her face. “You're just in time!” she says eagerly. “A cow has just 'freshed'!”"
Definition source: Wiktionary