fresh

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1. 1.New; original; additional. "Fear of fresh mistakes." Sir W. Scott. A fresh pleasure in every fresh posture of the limbs. Landor.
2. 2.Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers, eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods; fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as, fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as, fresh water.
3. 3.Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs. Shak.
4. 4.In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.
5. 5.Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind.
6. 6.Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction from that which is pickled or salted. Fresh breeze (Naut.), a breeze between a moderate and a strong breeze; one blowinq about twenty miles an hour. -- Fresh gale, a gale blowing about forty-five miles an hour. -- Fresh way (Naut.), increased speed.
7. 7.A stream or spring of fresh water. He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him Where the quick freshes are. Shak.
8. 8.A flood; a freshet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
9. 9.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. Beverly.
10. 10.To refresh; to freshen. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is fresh.

• What is new; original; additional. "Fear of fresh mistakes." Sir W. Scott. A fresh pleasure in every fresh posture of the limbs. Landor called?
• What is youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs. Shak called?
• What is in a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship called?
• What is renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind called?
• What is a stream or spring of fresh water. He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him Where the quick freshes are. Shak called?
• What is a flood; a freshet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell called?
• What is 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. Beverly called?
• What is to refresh; to freshen. [Obs.] Rom. of R called?