fresh
Newly produced or obtained; recent.
Adjective 4 meanings
Newly produced or obtained; recent.
“He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.”
Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.
“After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.”
(of plant material) Still green and not dried.
Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.
“What a nice fresh breeze.”
Adverb 1 meaning
Recently; just recently; most recently.
“We are fresh out of milk.”
Noun 3 meanings
A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
A stream or spring of fresh water.
The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.
Verb 4 meanings
To pack (fish) loosely on ice.
To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water.
To become stronger.
To rebore the barrel of a rifle or shotgun.
Etymology
From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective.
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FRESH at a glance
FRESH has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (F 4 + R 1 + E 1 + S 1 + H 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,519 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fresh
All rhymes- FLESH11
- MESH9
- REFRESH13
- SHEESH12
- AFRESH12
- SESH7
- YEESH11
- THRESH12
- KESH11
- RESH7
- HORSEFLESH19
- BAKSHEESH21
One letter away
- FLESH11
- FROSH11
- FRUSH11
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