'Freshen' definitions:
Definition of 'freshen'
From: WordNet
verb
Make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us" [syn: refresh, freshen]
verb
Become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game" [syn: freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up]
verb
Definition of 'Freshen'
From: GCIDE
- Freshen \Fresh"en\, v. i.
- 1. To grow fresh; to lose saltness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Freshen'
From: GCIDE
- Freshen \Fresh"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freshened; p. pr. & vb. n. Freshening]
- 1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) 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. -- Totten. [1913 Webster]
- To freshen ballast (Naut.), to shift Or restore it.
- To freshen the hawse, to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.
- To freshen the way, to increase the speed of a vessel. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'freshen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aerate,
- air,
- air out,
- air-condition,
- air-cool,
- airify,
- animate,
- blast,
- bleach,
- blow,
- blow a hurricane,
- blow great guns,
- blow over,
- blow up,
- bluster,
- bowdlerize,
- brace,
- brace up,
- breeze,
- breeze up,
- brew,
- brighten up,
- brisk,
- brisken,
- brush up,
- buck up,
- cheer,
- chill,
- chirk up,
- clean,
- clean out,
- clean up,
- cleanse,
- clear out,
- come up,
- cool,
- cross-ventilate,
- delouse,
- deodorize,
- depurate,
- deterge,
- dry-clean,
- dust,
- dust off,
- enliven,
- exhilarate,
- expurgate,
- fan,
- fix,
- fortify,
- fresh up,
- freshen up,
- furbish,
- furbish up,
- gather,
- huff,
- ice,
- ice-cool,
- increase,
- infrigidate,
- invigorate,
- lace,
- lustrate,
- oxygenate,
- oxygenize,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- pipe up,
- polish,
- polish up,
- puff,
- purge,
- purify,
- quicken,
- rage,
- reanimate,
- recreate,
- reform,
- refresh,
- refreshen,
- refrigerate,
- regale,
- reinvigorate,
- renew,
- renovate,
- repair,
- retouch,
- revitalize,
- revive,
- revivify,
- rouse,
- rub up,
- scavenge,
- set in,
- set up,
- shine,
- spike,
- spruce,
- spruce up,
- squall,
- steam-clean,
- stimulate,
- storm,
- strengthen,
- sweep out,
- sweeten,
- tidy,
- titivate,
- tone up,
- touch up,
- vamp,
- vamp up,
- ventilate,
- vivify,
- waft,
- whiff,
- whiffle,
- whiten,
- wind,
- winnow,
- wipe,
- wipe off,
- wipe out,
- wipe up