'Refresh' definitions:
Definition of 'refresh'
From: WordNet
verb
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 'Refresh'
From: GCIDE
- Refresh \Re*fresh"\, n. The act of refreshing. [Obs.] --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Refresh'
From: GCIDE
- Refresh \Re*fresh"\ (r?*fr?sh"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refreshed (-fr?sht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refreshing.] [OE. refreshen, refreschen, OF. refreschir (cf. OF. rafraischir, rafreschir, F. rafra?chir); pref. re- re- + fres fresh. F. frais. See Fresh, a.]
- 1. To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Foer they have refreshed my spirit and yours. --1 Cor. xvi. 18. [1913 Webster]
- And labor shall refresh itself with hope. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make as if new; to repair; to restore. [1913 Webster]
- The rest refresh the scaly snakes that fol? The shield of Pallas, and renew their gold. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To refresh the memory, to quicken or strengthen it, as by a reference, review, memorandum, or suggestion. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To cool; refrigerate; invigorate; revive; reanimate; renovate; renew; restore; recreate; enliven; cheer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'refresh'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- activate,
- aerate,
- air,
- air out,
- air-condition,
- air-cool,
- airify,
- amuse,
- animate,
- arouse,
- awaken,
- beef up,
- beguile,
- brace,
- brace up,
- bring back,
- bring to,
- brisk,
- brisken,
- buck up,
- buttress,
- call back,
- case harden,
- cheer,
- chill,
- chirk up,
- confirm,
- convulse,
- cool,
- cross-ventilate,
- delight,
- divert,
- energize,
- enliven,
- entertain,
- exhilarate,
- face-lift,
- fan,
- fix up,
- fortify,
- fracture one,
- fresh up,
- freshen,
- freshen up,
- furbish,
- gird,
- harden,
- ice,
- ice-cool,
- infrigidate,
- invigorate,
- jog,
- kill,
- knock dead,
- loosen up,
- modernize,
- nerve,
- overhaul,
- oxygenate,
- oxygenize,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- prod,
- prop,
- quicken,
- raise a laugh,
- raise a smile,
- reanimate,
- recall to life,
- recharge,
- recondition,
- recover,
- recreate,
- recruit,
- redo,
- refit,
- refreshen,
- refrigerate,
- refurbish,
- regain,
- regale,
- regenerate,
- reheat the ashes,
- reinforce,
- reinspire,
- reinvigorate,
- rejuvenate,
- rekindle,
- relax,
- relight,
- renew,
- renovate,
- repair,
- restore,
- restrengthen,
- resurrect,
- resuscitate,
- revamp,
- revitalize,
- revive,
- revivify,
- rewarm,
- rouse,
- set up,
- shore up,
- slay,
- solace,
- spruce up,
- steel,
- stiffen,
- stimulate,
- stimulated,
- stir the embers,
- strengthen,
- support,
- sustain,
- temper,
- tickle,
- titillate,
- toughen,
- undergird,
- update,
- ventilate,
- vitalize,
- vivify,
- waken,
- warm over,
- warm up,
- wind,
- winnow,
- wow