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freshened up

freshened up is the simple past and past participle of freshen up.

Meaning of freshen up

Verb

freshen up (third-person singular simple present freshens up, present participle freshening up, simple past and past participle freshened up)

  1. (intransitive, reflexive) To wash or groom oneself in order to be more attractive.
    • Women spend longer than men at freshening up before going out.
  2. (transitive) To freshen, make fresh, revivify, make new.
    • After beating champions Chelsea 3-1 on Boxing Day, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger made eight changes to his starting XI in an effort to freshen things up, with games against Birmingham and Manchester City to come in the next seven days.2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, in BBC

Questions about freshened up

What is freshened up the simple past and past participle of?
Freshened up is the simple past and past participle of freshen up.

Words near freshened up in the dictionary

  1. freshed
  2. freshed up
  3. freshen
  4. freshen up
  5. freshened
  6. freshened up
  7. freshener
  8. fresheners
  9. freshening
  10. freshening up
  11. freshenings

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