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freshen

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Editorial note

Synaptic just needs a little freshen up that's all.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of freshen gathered in one view.

verb

make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"

verb

become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"

verb

make fresh again

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for freshen.

verb

make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"

See also: refresh

verb

become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"

See also: refresh, refreshen

Example sentences

1

Synaptic just needs a little freshen up that's all.

2

I've updated the Freebase DB, it'll take a bit to freshen the caches.

3

True, it was long and I had to invest some significant time to freshen up my algorithm skills.

4

They'll need to freshen it frequently, but renting access to the database is what I think the business model is in the long term.

5

I read the notes that I took during implementation to freshen my memory on the kinds of troubles that I encountered.

6

"tough decisions" is usually a codeword for layoffs so I guess this a 2000 word note prompting employees to freshen up their resumes?

7

Thanks for the correction -- while the link you posted isn't necessarily conclusive, it did spur me to freshen my data sets at the very least.

8

Periodically throwing some new ingredients into old soup to freshen it up can only extend the life of leftovers so far.

9

But I remember one comic where a few of the Cobra soldiers commit mass murder by shooting up several of the Joes that were being held prisoner in a pit. As usual, older characters to be replaced by newer ones to freshen up the toy line I suppose.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use freshen in a sentence?

Synaptic just needs a little freshen up that's all.

What does freshen mean?

make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"

What part of speech is freshen?

freshen is commonly used as verb.