freshen
freshen is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 2.(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.
- 3.To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
- 4.To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- bait
- better
- brace
- bracing
- break
- breath
- breathe
- breather
- cold
- come
- cream
- deep
- draw
- drink
- fan
- feel
- five
- food
- gather
- get
- giant
- head
- hot
- ice
- inner
- like
- long
- man
- oneself
- ozone
- perk
- pop
- raise
- recover
- recovery
- recruit
- recuperation
- recuperative
- refection
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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