fresh
newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.
recently arrived; just come: fresh from school.
new; not previously known, met with, etc.; novel: to uncover fresh facts;to seek fresh experiences.
additional or further: fresh supplies.
not salty, as water.
retaining the original properties unimpaired; not stale or spoiled: Is the milk still fresh?
not preserved by freezing, canning, pickling, salting, drying, etc.: fresh vegetables.
not faded, worn, obliterated, etc.: fresh paint;a fresh appearance.
looking youthful and healthy: a fresh beauty that we all admired.
pure, cool, or refreshing, as air.
denoting a young wine, especially a white or rosé, that is clean, crisp, and uncomplicated.
Meteorology. (of wind) moderately strong or brisk.
inexperienced; green; callow: Two hundred fresh recruits arrived at the training camp.
Informal. forward or presumptuous.
(of a cow) having recently given birth to a calf.
Slang.
the fresh part or time.
a freshet.
to make or become fresh.
Origin of fresh
1synonym study For fresh
Other words for fresh
1 | recent |
8 | energetic |
11 | invigorating, sweet, unadulterated |
14 | artless, raw, unskilled, uncultivated, untrained |
Opposites for fresh
Other words from fresh
- freshly, adverb
- freshness, noun
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How to use fresh in a sentence
So we tried to think of the freshest, healthiest, brightest, cleanest restaurant we knew.
It is the freshest evidence that hyperpartisan super-PAC slush funds are now a core part of the permanent campaign.
With Benghazi Video, Karl Rove Kicks Off 2016 With Hillary Clinton Hit | John Avlon | May 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn it, the writer, Joan Juliet Buck, called Mrs. Assad “the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies.”
The markets are filled with the freshest and most incredible ingredients, and the cuisine is generally simple yet satisfying.
One of the youngest and freshest culinary talents tells us what he's loving right now.
Let the Brigade-Majors, I said, pick out a few of their freshest companies and get on to the crest right now.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian HamiltonHere's my daughter run away to be married with the coolest, freshest, limber-tongued young codfish that ever escaped salting.
The Belted Seas | Arthur Colton"He's the freshest lobster ever I see," was his mental comment.
The Opened Shutters | Clara Louise BurnhamI was the freshest bit of verdure, as the poet says, that ever greened the place.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonThe deluded citizen fancies there is nothing enjoyable in the country till June, and so misses the freshest, tenderest part.
A Year in the Fields | John Burroughs
British Dictionary definitions for fresh
/ (frɛʃ) /
not stale or deteriorated; newly made, harvested, etc: fresh bread; fresh strawberries
newly acquired, created, found, etc: fresh publications
novel; original: a fresh outlook
latest; most recent: fresh developments
further; additional; more: fresh supplies
not canned, frozen, or otherwise preserved: fresh fruit
(of water) not salt
bright or clear: a fresh morning
chilly or invigorating: a fresh breeze
not tired; alert; refreshed
not worn or faded: fresh colours
having a healthy or ruddy appearance
newly or just arrived; straight: fresh from the presses
youthful or inexperienced
mainly US designating a female farm animal, esp a cow, that has recently given birth
informal presumptuous or disrespectful; forward
Northern English dialect partially intoxicated; tipsy
the fresh part or time of something
another name for freshet
obsolete to make or become fresh; freshen
in a fresh manner; freshly
fresh out of informal having just run out of supplies of
Origin of fresh
1Derived forms of fresh
- freshly, adverb
- freshness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with fresh
In addition to the idioms beginning with fresh
- fresh as a daisy
- fresh out of
also see:
- breath of fresh air
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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