freshen Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make (to feel) fresh
    refresh.
    • The cool water refreshed us
  2. verb become or make oneself fresh again
    refreshen; refresh; freshen up.
    • She freshened up after the tennis game
  3. verb make fresh again
    refreshen; refresh.

WordNet

Fresh"en transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Freshened ; present participle & verbal noun Freshening
Definitions
  1. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh. "less *salt*" is in original; also, below "to lose saltness"
  2. To refresh; to revive. Obs. Spenser.
  3. (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. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Fresh"en intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
  2. To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens.

Webster 1913