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fresh
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f???/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersc (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”).
Cognate with Scots fresch (“fresh”), West Frisian farsk (“fresh”), Dutch vers (“fresh”), Walloon frexh (“fresh”), German frisch (“fresh”), French frais (“fresh”), Norwegian and Danish frisk (“fresh”), fersk, Icelandic ferskur (“fresh”), Lithuanian pr?skas (“unflavoured, tasteless, fresh”), Russian ???????? (présnyj, “sweet, fresh, unleavened, tasteless”). Doublet of fresco.
Slang sense possibly shortened form of “fresh out the pack”, 1980s routine by Grand Wizzard Theodore.
Adjective
fresh (comparative fresher, superlative freshest)
- Newly produced or obtained; recent.
- (of food) Not cooked, dried, frozen, or spoiled.
- Antonym: stale
- (of plant material) Still green and not dried.
- Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.
- Synonym: cool
- (of water) Without salt; not saline.
- Antonym: saline
- a. 1628, Sir Francis Drake (?), The World Encompassed, Nicholas Bourne (publisher, 1628), page 49:
- 1820, William Scoresby, An Account of the Arctic Regions, Archibald Constable & Co., page 230:
- 2009, Adele Pillitteri, Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Sixth Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ?ISBN, page 1557:
- Rested; not tired or fatigued.
- Synonym: rested
- Antonym: tired
- Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements.
- In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:inexperienced
- Youthful; florid.
- (slang) Good, fashionable.
- Synonyms: cool, fashionable
- (archaic, slang) Tipsy; drunk.
- 1840, Parliamentary Papers (volume 9, page 43)
- How long did Mr. Crisp stay with you?—He might have stayed two hours; he stayed some time after; he drank ale and got fresh.
- 1840, Parliamentary Papers (volume 9, page 43)
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
fresh (not comparable)
- recently; just recently; most recently
- We are fresh out of milk.
Noun
fresh (plural freshes)
- A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (Nebraska, 1987), page 21:
- They went on very well with their work until it was nigh done, when there came the second epistle to Noah's fresh, and away went their mill, shot, lock, and barrel.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (Nebraska, 1987), page 21:
- A stream or spring of fresh water.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene ii[4]:
- […] And take his bottle from him. / When that's gone, / He shall drink naught but brine, for I'll not show him / Where the quick freshes are.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene ii[4]:
- 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.
Verb
fresh (third-person singular simple present freshes, present participle freshing, simple past and past participle freshed)
- (commercial fishing) To pack (fish) loosely on ice.
- To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water.
- (of wind) To become stronger.
- To rebore the barrel of a rifle or shotgun.
- To update.
- To freshen up.
- To renew.
- (of a dairy cow) to give birth to a calf.
References
Etymology 2
1848, US slang, probably from German frech (“impudent, cheeky, insolent”), from Middle High German vrech (“bold, brave, lively”), from Old High German freh (“greedy, eager, avaricious, covetous”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (“greedy, outrageous, courageous, capable, active”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pereg- (“to be quick, twitch, sprinkle, splash”). Cognate with Old English frec (“greedy; eager, bold, daring; dangerous”) and Danish fræk (“naughty”). More at freak.
Adjective
fresh (comparative fresher, superlative freshest)
- Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.
- Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cheeky
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Fehrs
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stimulating
English
Adjective
stimulating (comparative more stimulating, superlative most stimulating)
- Having a manner that stimulates.
- 1991 May 12, "Kidnapped!" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:
- Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.
- Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
- 1991 May 12, "Kidnapped!" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:
Translations
Verb
stimulating
- present participle of stimulate
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