fresh

fresh is a 5-letter English word with 24 senses as noun, transitive verb, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 10 · 24 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.
2. superlative. New; original; additional.
3. superlative. Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers, eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods; fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as, fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as, fresh water.
4. superlative. Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs.
5. superlative. In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.
6. superlative. Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.
7. superlative. Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction from that which is pickled or salted.
8. noun. A stream or spring of fresh water.
9. noun. A flood; a freshet.
10. noun. 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.
11. transitive verb. To refresh; to freshen.
12. adjective. improperly forward or bold

    "don't be fresh with me"

    "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"

    Synonyms: impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise

13. adjective. not yet used or soiled

    "a fresh shirt"

    "a fresh sheet of paper"

    Synonyms: unused

14. adjective. recently made, produced, or harvested

    "fresh bread"

    "a fresh scent"

15. adjective. not canned or otherwise preserved

    "fresh vegetables"

16. adjective. not containing or composed of salt water

    "fresh water"

    Synonyms: sweet

17. adjective. imparting vitality and energy

    "the bracing mountain air"

    Synonyms: bracing, brisk, refreshful, refreshing, tonic

18. adjective. (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again

    "a fresh start"

    "fresh ideas"

19. adjective. original and of a kind not seen before

    "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

    Synonyms: new, novel

20. adjective. free from impurities

    "clean water"

    "fresh air"

    Synonyms: clean

21. adjective. not soured or preserved

    "sweet milk"

    Synonyms: sweet, unfermented

22. adjective. with restored energy

    Synonyms: invigorated, refreshed, reinvigorated

23. adjective. having recently calved and therefore able to give milk

    "the cow is fresh"

24. adverb. very recently

    "they are newly married"

    "newly raised objections"

    Synonyms: freshly, new, newly

Synonyms

impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, wise, unused, sweet, bracing, brisk, refreshful, refreshing, tonic, new, novel, clean, unfermented, invigorated, refreshed, reinvigorated, freshly, newly

Common word forms

freshed, freshen, fresher, freshes, freshly, freshest, freshing, freshment, freshness

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