to refreshen
- verb
- /rɪˈfrɛʃən/
- Archaic
:
refrescar
- She decided to refreshen her living room by adding new decorations and rearranging the furniture.
You could revive and refresh any piece of tech, what would it be?
- You could revive and refresh any piece of tech, what would it be?
- And Apple uses this now pull to refresh for your Twitter feed.
- News you're the produce section that we're refreshing with that good news myth.
Examples
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Every time she changes costumes, she comes in here, takes off what she's wearing, puts on the new costume, refreshens, touches up.
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You could revive and refresh any piece of tech, what would it be?
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And so it had to kind of refresh, you know, growth and do its thing a little bit later in the season.
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And Apple uses this now pull to refresh for your Twitter feed.
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News you're the produce section that we're refreshing with that good news myth.
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So I'm really, really keen on getting everything switched up and changing all, I'm refreshing it all so that everything's nice and fresh.
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I also worked some biotone starter fertilizer into the soil because I'm not going to refresh this right now and I did use the soil last year.
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After a long day at work, I like to refreshen my mind by taking a walk outside.
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To keep the garden looking vibrant, we need to refreshen the plants with some new soil and water.
Synonyms
234
3.8
Make someone feel healthy and full of energy again
94
3.7
Start again after a pause, often a relationship or activity
70
2.7
Make something or yourself smell and feel clean
50
2.8
Make someone or something feel full of energy and less tired
45
4.8
To give new life and energy to something
33
5.1
Make a feeling or interest strong again
31
4.6
To make something clean and like new by fixing or decorating it
24
5.5
Make a person or thing look and feel younger
20
3.6
To rest and get energy back after being tired
19
5.7
To give new energy and interest to a person or thing
15
4.6
To make an interest, feeling, or activity start again after it stopped
10
5.1
To become awake or aware again
8
5.3
To make someone or something feel fresh and full of energy
6
5.5
Bring something back to a better or original state
4
3.0
Make a room look cleaner and nicer with small changes
3
4.1
To give new energy and enthusiasm to a person or thing
3
4.0
To make a person or thing feel fresh and full of energy
1
8.5
To give new life and energy to people or things
1
6.7
To make something full of life and energy
To make someone feel excited and ready to try new things
To make people or things feel more energetic again
Make a feeling, interest, or memory come back
Make something active again, for example the economy or your interest
Make a feeling, interest, or memory strong again
How Fresh
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Refreshen comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again', the simple word fresh, and the verb ending -en. So to refreshen something is to make it 'fresh again', like opening a window or splashing water to feel new.