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refreshed

refreshed is the simple past and past participle of refresh.

Meaning of refresh

Verb

refresh (third-person singular simple present refreshes, present participle refreshing, simple past and past participle refreshed)

  1. (transitive) To renew or revitalize.
    • Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
  2. (intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
  3. (ambitransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
    • She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.2007, Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous
  4. (ambitransitive) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
    • You can save your code, refresh your browser, and see a change instantly. This simple trick turns a lowly web browser into a development environment […]2007, Philip C Plumlee, Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)
  5. To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
  6. (colloquial, dated, intransitive) To take refreshment; to eat or drink.
    • We got within two miles of there, and stopped in the woods out of sight, where we refreshed with some brandy, and gave the two boys very large portions.1972, Vermont History, volume 40, page 268

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Forms of refreshed

comparativemore refreshed
superlativemost refreshed

Words formed from refreshed

Phrases with refreshed

Questions about refreshed

What is refreshed the simple past and past participle of?
Refreshed is the simple past and past participle of refresh.

Words near refreshed in the dictionary

  1. refreshable displays
  2. refreshaholic
  3. refreshaholics
  4. refreshant
  5. refreshants
  6. refreshed
  7. refreshed someone's memory
  8. refreshedness
  9. refreshen
  10. refreshened
  11. refreshening

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