Newly produced or obtained; recent.
He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.
Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.
After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.
Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.
No one liked his fresh comments.
recently; just recently; most recently
We are fresh out of milk.
A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
They went on very well with their work until it was nigh done, when there came the second epistle to Noah's fresh, and away went their mill, shot, lock, and barrel.
A stream or spring of fresh water.
[…]And take his bottle from him. / When that's gone, / He shall drink naught but brine, for I'll not show him / Where the quick freshes are.
To pack (fish) loosely on ice.
With the exception of about 1800 crans which were "rough packed," all the herrings landed during the winter months were freshed and kippered.
To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water.
A surname from German.
From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”...
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The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.
Our first assumption was that freshed sea water areas were favourable for these organisms.
To become stronger.
Horrible was now my condition, as the wind freshed up more and more.