freshen

== English == === Etymology === From fresh +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɹɛʃən/ enPR: frĕshʹən Rhymes: -ɛʃən === Verb === freshen (third-person singular simple present freshens, present participle freshening, simple past and past participle freshened) (intransitive) To become fresh. To be refreshed. To become cool. 1793, uncredited translator, The Natural History of Birds by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 4, “The Titiri, or Pipiri,” p. 468,[3] They breed, says M. Deshayes, in the heats of autumn, and during the freshening air of winter, at St. Domingo [...] To become not salty, to lose its salinity. (of water) (intransitive, of wind) To become stronger. (intransitive, transitive, of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk. 1919 January, in The Chenango County Farm Bureau News, volume 5, number 1, page 7: For Sale—Three registered holstein cows. Due to freshen the first of Jan. February and March. Prices that will sell. Age three and five years. Eugune Gibson, Smyrna. (transitive) To make fresh. To refresh; to revive; to renew. 1657, John Davies (translator), Astrea by Honoré d'Urfé, London: H. Moseley et al., Volume 2, Part 3, Book 1, pp. 122-123,[12] [...] the good Druid went to seeke out some hearbs by the bank sides, which he knew were good to be applyed unto my wounds, and which would a little freshen and invigorate my spirits; To make cool. To make green (vegetation that has become dry). 1915, Edward Sorenson, On the Wallaby, Sydney: The Catholic Press, Chapter 11,[16] [The animals] were not valuable enough to be worth the trouble of saving until rain came to fill the holes and freshen the pastures. To remove or cover unpleasant qualities such as staleness, bad odour or taste (in air, breath, water, etc.). To touch up (makeup); to give (a body part, especially the face) a quick wash. To touch up the paint on (something). (transitive) To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin). (transitive) To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients. (transitive, nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing. to freshen a hawse (transitive) To top up (a drink). (transitive, historical) To top up (primer) in a firearm. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Hefners