English Dictionary

fresh

/fɹɛʃ/

verb

(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.

I love to freshen up my room with a new coat of paint.

意味（1）

(commercial fishing) To pack (fish) loosely on ice.

With the exception of about 1800 crans which were rough packed, all the herrings landed during the winter months were freshed and kippered.

意味（2）

To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water.

Our first assumption was that freshed sea water areas were favourable for these organisms.

意味（3）

(of wind) To become stronger.

Horrible was now my condition, as the wind freshed up more and more.

意味（4）

To rebore the barrel of a rifle or shotgun.

When the barrel became very rough the gun was taken to the local gunsmith and freshed.

意味（5）

To update.

Thus the liberties of the nation, civil and religious, were laid freshed by his preaching, and. more and more confirmed in the presbyterian principles: and we likewise resorted for a time at West Calder kirk, to Mr. Patrick Shiels, by whose preaching I was yet more confirmed in the presbyterian way.

意味（6）

To freshen up.

I freshed meself and followed after him and made choice of me dinner.

意味（7）

To renew.

Q. Did you tell anybody this tale that you heard this man threaten what they were going to do?—A. No, sir; I didn't say nothing to anybody until Monday—Monday or Tuesday, one—then my mind was freshed.

意味（8）

(of a dairy cow) to give birth to a calf.

A cow was actually tested twice a month on the 5th and 25th of each month. The cow freshed December 15, her milk was good December 18, and she went dry October 30.