fresher

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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