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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

fresh·en

[fresh-uh

n] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object)

1.	to make fresh; refresh, revive, or renew: We need a good rain to freshen the flowers.

2.	to remove saltiness from.

3.	Nautical. to preserve (a rope in use) from prolonged friction or concentrated stress on any one part.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to become or grow fresh.

(of a cow)

a.	to commence giving milk after calving.

b.	to give birth.

—Verb phrase

6.	freshen up, to make oneself feel freshly clean or neat, as by washing, changing clothes, etc.: to freshen up after a long trip.

[Origin: 1690–1700; fresh + -en¹

]

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

fresh·en   (frěsh'ən) Pronunciation Key
v.   fresh·ened, fresh·en·ing, fresh·ens

v.   intr.

To become fresh, as in vigor or appearance: freshened up after the day's work.
To become brisk; increase in strength. Used of the wind.
To lose saltiness.
To calve and therefore begin to produce milk. Used of a cow.

v. tr.

To make fresh.
To add to or strengthen (a drink).

fresh'en·er n.

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freshen
verb
1.	make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us" [syn: refresh]
2.	become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"
3.	make fresh again [syn: refresh] [ant: fag]

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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 salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.

2. To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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.

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.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Freshen

Fresh"en\, v. i. 1. To grow fresh; to lose saltness.

2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.

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