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   fresh

   /frɛʃ/

   adjective

   • 1. (of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved: "fresh fruit" Similar newly harvestedgarden-freshnot stalecrispfirmunwiltedunfadedrawnaturalunprocessedunpreservedundrieduncuredunsmokedwithout additiveswithout preservativesOpposite staleprocessed
   • 2. not previously known or used; new or different: "the court had heard fresh evidence" Similar newbrand newrecentlatestup to datemodernmodernisticultra-modernnewfangledoriginalnoveldifferentinnovativeunusualuncommonunwontedout of the ordinaryunconventionalunorthodoxoffbeatradicalrevolutionaryout of the commonOpposite oldwell-worn
   • ▪ recently created or experienced and not faded or impaired: "the memory was still fresh in their minds"
   • ▪ (of a person) attractively youthful and unspoilt: "a fresh young girl" Similar youngyouthfuljuvenileadolescentboyishgirlishnewnewly arrivedinexperienceduntrainedunqualifieduntriedrawcallowgreenimmatureartlessingenuousnaiveinformal:wet behind the earsOpposite experienced
   • 3. (of a person) full of energy and vigour: "they are feeling fresh after a good night's sleep" Similar refreshedrestedrestoredrevivedlike a new personfresh as a daisyenergeticvigorousinvigoratedfull of vim and vigourvitallivelyvibrantsprysprightlybrightalertbouncingperkyinformal:full of beansraring to gobright-eyed and bushy-tailedchirpychipperOpposite tired
   • ▪ (of a colour or a person's complexion) bright or healthy in appearance: "a young constable with a fresh complexion" Similar healthyhealthy-lookingclearbrightyouthfulyouthful-lookingwholesomebloomingglowingunblemishedfairrosyrosy-cheekedpinkpinkishreddishruddyflushedblushingOpposite unhealthy
   • 4. (of water) not salty: "all the fresh water in the world's lakes"
   • 5. (of the wind) cool and fairly strong: "a fresh northerly wind was speeding the ship southwards" Similar chillycoolcoldbriskbracinginvigoratingbleakwintrysnowyfrostyicyice-coldicy-coldglacialpolararcticrawbitterbitterly coldbitinginformal:nippyparkyliterary:chillrare:gelidbrumalOpposite warmsultry
   • ▪ (of the weather) rather cold and windy: informal British "She shivered in the chilly air. ‘A bit fresh, isn't it?’"
   • ▪ pleasantly clean and cool: "the toothpaste leaves the mouth feeling wonderfully fresh" Similar coolcrisprefreshinginvigoratingtonicpurecleanclearunpolluteduncontaminateduntainted
   • 6. (of a person) having just had (a particular experience) or come from (a particular place): "we were fresh out of art school"
   • 7. presumptuous towards someone, especially in a sexual way: informal "one truck driver decided to get fresh with me" Similar impudentimpertinentinsolentpresumptuousaudaciousforwardcheekyirreverentdiscourteousdisrespectfulinsubordinaterudecrudebrazenbrazen-facedbrashshamelesspertdefiantbold(as) bold as brassoutrageousshockingout of lineinformal:brass-neckedcockylippymouthyflipsaucysmart-arsedsassynervysmart-assedrare:malapertcontumeliousOpposite polite
   • 8. having an unpleasant, slightly rotten smell: West Indian "this place was covered in water and smelled fresh like hell"

   adverb

   • 1. newly; recently: "fresh-baked bread"

   Word Origin Old Englishfersc ‘not salt, fit for drinking’, superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French freis, fresche; both ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch vers and German frisch.

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