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[ adjective ] not stale or old

Examples

"fresh bread" "a fresh scent"

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

The story is of a famous strip cartoonist , an arty individual , whose specialty is the American boy and who adopts a 10 - year old to provide him with fresh idea material .

The whole production this week is fresh and lively .

I was delighted with Paula_Prentiss ' comedy performance , which was as fresh and unstilted as one 's highest hopes might ask .

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

It 's best to buy them fresh from a dealer who is working to improve them .

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

Fresh , warm , sweet and juicy , sweet lovin sixteen , she was .

2
[ adjective ] (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again

Examples

"a fresh start" "fresh ideas"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

However well_chosen and cleverly arranged , such memorabilia unfortunately amounted to more of an interruption than an auxiliary to the evening 's main business , which ( considering the talent at_hand ) should probably have been the gathering of fresh samples of the Chicago style .

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

At_the_same_time he started walking the streets , peering at the people passing or shopping_at the stalls , storing up fresh impressions of what they looked_like , how they moved .

Related terms

new

3
[ adjective ] imparting vitality and energy

Examples

"the bracing mountain air"

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

A fresh breeze saluted him .

Related terms

invigorating

4
[ adjective ] of a kind not seen before

Synonyms

new novel

Examples

"the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

Used in print

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

In searching for clues which might lead us to a fresh apprehension of the reality of spirit , the close connection between spirit and community is likely to prove the most fruitful .

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original

5
[ adjective ] not canned or otherwise preserved

Examples

"fresh vegetables"

Used in print

(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

This connection was clarified by Smith and Smith ( 1922 ) , who showed that saline extracts of fresh bovine pituitary_glands could re-activate the atrophied thyroids of hypophysectomised tadpoles .

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preserved unprocessed uncured

6
[ adverb ] very recently

Examples

"they are newly married" "newly raised objections" "a newly arranged hairdo" "grass new washed by the rain" "a freshly cleaned floor" "we are fresh out of tomatoes"

Used in print

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

The troop received a new leader , Lieutenant_Robert_M._Carroll , fresh out of ROTC and bucking for Regular_Army status .

7
[ adjective ] not containing or composed of salt water

Examples

"fresh water"

Related terms

salt sweet freshwater

8
[ adjective ] not yet used or soiled

Synonyms

unused

Examples

"a fresh shirt" "a fresh sheet of paper" "an unused envelope"

Related terms

clean

9
[ adjective ] free from impurities

Synonyms

clean

Examples

"clean water" "fresh air"

Related terms

pure

10
[ adjective ] not soured or preserved

Synonyms

unfermented sweet

Examples

"sweet milk"

Related terms

unsoured

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[ adjective ] having recently calved and therefore able to give milk

Examples

"the cow is fresh"

Related terms

wet

12
[ adjective ] with restored energy

Related terms

rested

13
[ adjective ] improperly forward or bold

Examples

"don't be fresh with me" "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup" "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"

Related terms

forward

14
[ adjective ] not artificial

Examples

"fresh cut flowers"

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natural

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[ adjective ] improperly forward or bold

Examples

"don't be fresh with me" "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup" "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"

Related terms

forward

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