freshen

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Synonyms: freshet, fresher, freshmen, freshe, freshes, fleshen

Antonyms: freshet, fresher, freshmen, freshe, freshes, fleshen

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become [[fresh]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|of wind}} To become stronger.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|transitive|of a cow}} To [[begin]] or [[resume]] giving [[milk]], especially after [[calving]]; to cause to resume giving milk.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make fresh.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To give [[redness]] to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make less [[salty]]; to separate, as water, from [[saline]] ingredients.
7. {{lb|en|transitive|nautical}} To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.<ref>Benjamin J. Totten, ''Naval Text-Book'', Boston: Little and Brown, 1841, p.{{nbsp}}329.^{[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008602848]}</ref>
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[top up]] (a drink).
9. {{lb|en|transitive|historical}} To top up ([[primer#Etymology_2|primer]]) in a [[firearm]].

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