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fresh

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1. fresh - Noun

2. fresh - Adjective

3. fresh - Verb

4. fresh - Adverb

6. fresh - Adjective Satellite

7. Fresh - Proper noun

Meaning

Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

New; original; additional.

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.

Youthful; florid; as, these fresh nymphs.

In a raw, green, or untried state; uncultivated; uncultured; unpracticed; as, a fresh hand on a ship.

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.

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.

A flood; a freshet.

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.

To refresh; to freshen.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed, and rightly. Seneca

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort. Alexis de Tocqueville

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it. Alice Walker

A cat likes to eat fresh fish but it will not go into the water. Mongolian Proverb

Love and eggs are best when they are fresh. Russian Proverb

The fish was so fresh that it was being cooked while its tail was still in the sea. Sicilian Proverb

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