refresh

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[renew]] or [[revitalize]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
3. {{lb|en|computing|ambitransitive}} To [[reload]] (a [[document]], especially a [[webpage]]) and show any new changes.
4. {{lb|en|computing|ambitransitive}} To cause (a [[web browser]] or similar software) to refresh its display.
5. To perform the [[periodic]] [[energize|energizing]] required to maintain the contents of computer [[memory]], the display [[luminance]] of a computer screen, etc. <!--Or TV screen, or portable DVD player, or... -->
6. {{lb|en|intransitive|colloquial|dated}} To take [[refreshment]]; to eat or drink.

Noun

1. The [[periodic]] [[energize|energizing]] required to maintain the contents of computer [[memory]], the display [[luminance]] of a computer screen, etc.<!--Or TV screen, or portable DVD player, or... -->
2. {{lb|en|computing}} The update of a display (in a [[web browser]] or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
3. The process of [[modernize|modernizing]] something.

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