Dictionary Entry
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.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.
- 2transitive verb
To refresh; to revive.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4intransitive verb
To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
- 5intransitive verb
To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.
- 6verb
make fresh again
- 7verb
become or make oneself fresh again
"She freshened up after the tennis game"
- 8verb
make (to feel) fresh
"The cool water refreshed us"
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