FRESH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fresh mean? 

• FRESH (adjective)
  The adjective FRESH has 12 senses:

1. recently made, produced, or harvested

2. (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again

3. imparting vitality and energy

4. original and of a kind not seen before

5. not canned or otherwise preserved

6. not containing or composed of salt water

7. having recently calved and therefore able to give milk

8. with restored energy

9. not soured or preserved

10. free from impurities

11. not yet used or soiled

12. improperly forward or bold

  Familiarity information: FRESH used as an adjective is familiar.

• FRESH (adverb)
  The adverb FRESH has 1 sense:

1. very recently

  Familiarity information: FRESH used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRESH (adjective)

Comparative: fresher   
Superlative: freshest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recently made, produced, or harvested

Context example:

fresh lettuce

Similar:

strong; warm (freshly made or left)

new-made; hot (newly made)

incorrupt; undecomposed (not decayed)

good; unspoiled; unspoilt (not left to spoil)

fresh-cut (cut recently)

crisp (pleasingly firm and fresh)

caller (fresh)

Also:

new (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)

Attribute:

freshness (the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated)

Antonym:

stale (lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age)

Derivation:

freshness (the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of a cycle) beginning or occurring again

Context example:

fresh ideas

Similar:

new (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)

Derivation:

freshness (originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Imparting vitality and energy

Synonyms:

bracing; brisk; fresh; refreshful; refreshing; tonic

Context example:

the bracing mountain air

Similar:

invigorating (imparting strength and vitality)

Derivation:

freshness (the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Original and of a kind not seen before

Synonyms:

fresh; new; novel

Context example:

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

Similar:

original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)

Derivation:

freshness (originality by virtue of being new and surprising)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Not canned or otherwise preserved

Context example:

fresh vegetables

Similar:

unprocessed (not treated or prepared by a special process)

Antonym:

preserved (prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Not containing or composed of salt water

Synonyms:

fresh; sweet

Context example:

fresh water

Antonym:

salty (containing or filled with salt)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Having recently calved and therefore able to give milk

Context example:

the cow is fresh

Similar:

lactating; wet (producing or secreting milk)

Sense 8

Meaning:

With restored energy

Synonyms:

fresh; invigorated; refreshed; reinvigorated

Similar:

rested (not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing)

Derivation:

freshness (an alert and refreshed state)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Not soured or preserved

Synonyms:

fresh; sweet; unfermented

Context example:

sweet milk

Similar:

unsoured (not having turned bad)

Derivation:

freshness (the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Free from impurities

Synonyms:

clean; fresh

Context example:

fresh air

Similar:

pure (free of extraneous elements of any kind)

Derivation:

freshness (the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated)

Sense 11

Meaning:

Not yet used or soiled

Synonyms:

fresh; unused

Context example:

an unused envelope

Similar:

clean (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits)

Derivation:

freshness (the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated)

Sense 12

Meaning:

Improperly forward or bold

Synonyms:

fresh; impertinent; impudent; overbold; sassy; saucy; smart; wise

Context example:

Don't get wise with me!

Similar:

forward (used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty)

Derivation:

freshness (the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties)

• FRESH (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very recently

Synonyms:

fresh; freshly; new; newly

Context example:

we are fresh out of tomatoes

 Context examples 

I have several fresh dancing-men pictures for you to examine, and, what is more important, I have seen the fellow.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You say yourself that the horse was fresh and glossy when you got in.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The snow falls no more upon the trail, and I see the fresh sign of dogs and sled.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

They were certainly very much larger than any which he could have made, and were evidently quite fresh.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And when he had gone, she would return to her books with a keener zest and fresh store of energy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Many and many an hour I sit thus; but, of all those times, three times come the freshest on my mind.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Always, they broke camp in the dark, and the first gray of dawn found them hitting the trail with fresh miles reeled off behind them.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But the fresh meat was strong in Baseek's nostrils, and greed urged him to take a bite of it.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I believe we forgot everything except, of course, personal fear, and it seemed to wipe the slate clean and give us a fresh start.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He was standing in the same position, swaying easily to the roll of the ship and lighting a fresh cigar.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)