Meaning of fresh in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Adverb
    1. Definitions
  4. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /frɛʃ/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    fresh

    Definitions

    1. (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again

    Examples

    • « a fresh start »
    • « fresh ideas »

    Synonyms

  2. 2. imparting vitality and energy

    Examples

    • « the bracing mountain air »

    Synonyms

  3. 3. of a kind not seen before

    Examples

    • « the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem »

    Synonyms

  4. 4. having recently calved and therefore able to give milk

    Examples

    • « the cow is fresh »

    Synonyms

  5. 5. with restored energy

    Synonyms

  6. 6. not soured or preserved

    Examples

    • « sweet milk »

    Synonyms

  7. 7. free from impurities

    Examples

    • « clean water »
    • « fresh air »

    Synonyms

  8. 8. not yet used or soiled

    Examples

    • « a fresh shirt »
    • « a fresh sheet of paper »
    • « an unused envelope »

    Synonyms

  9. 9. improperly forward or bold

    Examples

    • « don't be fresh with me »
    • « impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup »
    • « an impudent boy given to insulting strangers »

    Synonyms

  10. Adverb

    fresh

    Definitions

    1. very recently

    Examples

    • « they are newly married »
    • « newly raised objections »
    • « a newly arranged hairdo »
    • « grass new washed by the rain »
    • « a freshly cleaned floor »
    • « we are fresh out of tomatoes »

  11. Qualitative Adjective

    fresh

    Etymology

    Old English fersc ‘not salt, fit for drinking’, superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French freis, fresche; both ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch vers and German frisch

    Definitions

    1. not stale or old

    Examples

    • « fresh bread »
    • « a fresh scent »

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  12. 2. not canned or otherwise preserved

    Examples

    • « fresh vegetables »

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  13. 3. not containing or composed of salt water

    Examples

    • « fresh water »

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