freshen : Idioms & Phrases


freshen up

  • verb make brighter and prettier
    renovate; refurbish.
    • we refurbished the guest wing
    • My wife wants us to renovate
  • verb become or make oneself fresh again
    freshen; refreshen; refresh.
    • She freshened up after the tennis game
WordNet

To freshen ballast

  • (Naut.), to shift Or restore it.
Webster 1913

To freshen the hawse

  • to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.
  • to veer out a little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part.
Webster 1913

To freshen the way

  • to increase the speed of a vessel.
Webster 1913