freshen
freshen is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.
- transitive verb. To refresh; to revive.
- transitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
- intransitive verb. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.
- verb. make fresh again
- verb. become or make oneself fresh again
"She freshened up after the tennis game"
- verb. make (to feel) fresh
"The cool water refreshed us"
Synonyms
Common word forms
freshens, freshened, freshener, freshening
Words from these letters
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