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freshe

freshe is the archaic spelling of fresh.

Meaning of fresh

Adjective

fresh (comparative fresher, superlative freshest)

  1. Newly produced or obtained; recent.
    • He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.
  2. Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.
    • After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.
    Antonyms:
    stale
  3. (of plant material) Still green and not dried.
    • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what...1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii
  4. Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.
    • What a nice fresh breeze.
    Synonyms:
    cool
  5. Without salt; not saline.
    • After a day at sea it was good to feel the fresh water of the stream.
    Antonyms:
    saline
  6. Rested; not tired or fatigued.
    • Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements.2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC
    Synonyms:
    rested
    Antonyms:
    tired

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Questions about freshe

What is freshe the archaic spelling of?
Freshe is the archaic spelling of fresh.

Words near freshe in the dictionary

  1. fresh yeast
  2. fresh yeasts
  3. fresh-faced
  4. fresh-out-of-college
  5. fresh-water
  6. freshe
  7. freshed
  8. freshed up
  9. freshen
  10. freshen up
  11. freshened

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