[fresh] 
adjective, -er, -est, noun, verb, adverb | 1. | newly made or obtained: fresh footprints. |
| 2. | recently arrived; just come: fresh from school. |
| 3. | new; not previously known, met with, etc.; novel: to uncover fresh facts; to seek fresh experiences. |
| 4. | additional or further: fresh supplies. |
| 5. | not salty, as water. |
| 6. | retaining the original properties unimpaired; not stale or spoiled: Is the milk still fresh? |
| 7. | not preserved by freezing, canning, pickling, salting, drying, etc.: fresh vegetables. |
| 8. | not tired or fatigued; brisk; vigorous: She was still fresh after that long walk. |
| 9. | not faded, worn, obliterated, etc.: fresh paint; a fresh appearance. |
| 10. | looking youthful and healthy: a fresh beauty that we all admired. |
| 11. | pure, cool, or refreshing, as air. |
| 12. | denoting a young wine, esp. a white or rosé, that is clean, crisp, and uncomplicated. |
| 13. | Meteorology. (of wind) moderately strong or brisk. |
| 14. | inexperienced; green; callow: Two hundred fresh recruits arrived at the training camp. |
| 15. | Informal. forward or presumptuous. |
| 16. | (of a cow) having recently given birth to a calf. |
| 17. | Slang.
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| 18. | the fresh part or time. |
| 19. | a freshet. |
| 20. | to make or become fresh. |
| 21. | newly; recently; just now: He is fresh out of ideas. The eggs are fresh laid. |
| fresh (frěsh) adj. fresh·er, fresh·est
n.
[Middle English, from Old English fersc, pure, not salty, and from Old French freis (feminine fresche), new, recent, of Germanic origin.] fresh'ly adv., fresh'ness n. |
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["Fresh: A Higher-Order Language Based on Unification", G. Smolka, in Logic Programming: Functions, Relations and Equations", D. DeGroot et al, P-H 1986, pp. 469-524].
(1996-04-28)
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In addition to the idioms beginning with fresh, also see breath of fresh air.