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REFRESHEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does refreshen mean?
• REFRESHEN (verb)
The verb REFRESHEN has 2 senses:
1. become or make oneself fresh again
Familiarity information: REFRESHEN used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




Past simple: refreshened


Past participle: refreshened


-ing form: refreshening


Sense 1
Meaning:
Become or make oneself fresh again
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
freshen; freshen up; refresh; refreshen
Context example:
She freshened up after the tennis game
Hypernyms (to "refreshen" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "refreshen"):
lave; wash up (wash one's face and hands)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make fresh again
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
Hypernyms (to "refreshen" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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