fresh

Meaning

Adj

1. Newly produced or obtained; recent.
2. Not dried, frozen, or spoiled.
3. Still green and not dried.
4. Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.
5. Without salt; not saline.
6. Rested; not tired or fatigued.
7. In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed.
8. Youthful; florid.
9. (slang) Good, fashionable.
10. (archaic, slang) Tipsy; drunk.

Adv

recently; just recently; most recently

Noun

1. A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
2. A stream or spring of fresh water.
3. 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.

Verb

1. To pack (fish) loosely on ice.
2. To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water.
3. To become stronger.
4. To rebore the barrel of a rifle or shotgun.
5. To update.
6. To freshen up.
7. To renew.
8. to give birth to a calf.

Opposite of

stale, saline, tired

Synonyms

new

🆕

recent

cool

🆒

young

raw

green

clean

novel

modern

refreshing

pure

sweet

saucy

unused

sassy

brisk

chilly

inexperienced

hot

🥵

bracing

uncooked

original

newly

invigorating

tender

soft

delicious

😋

impertinent

impudent

juicy

clear

up-to-date

novice

wise

newly arrived

lively

unworn

caller

overbold

latest

refreshful

fine

strange

innocent

😇

smart

crisp

cold

🥶

airy

unfamiliar

chill

Translations

frais

fresco

fresco

frisch

fresc

fris

vers

fresco

nouveau

🆕

nuevo

🆕

fraîche

φρέσκος

nuovo

🆕

recente

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹɛʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fressh

Inherited from Old English: fersċ

Cognate with Scots: fresch

Cognate with Western Frisian: farsk

Cognate with Dutch: vers

Cognate with Walloon: frexh

Cognate with German: frisch

Cognate with French: frais

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Danish: frisk

Cognate with Icelandic: ferskur

Cognate with Lithuanian: prėskas

Cognate with Russian: пре́сный

Cognate with Old English: frec

Cognate with Danish: fræk

In summary

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”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective.
Cognate with Scots fresch (“fresh”), West Frisian farsk (“fresh”), Dutch vers (“fresh”), Walloon frexh (“fresh”), German frisch (“fresh”), French frais (“fresh”), Norwegian and Danish frisk (“fresh”), fersk, Icelandic ferskur (“fresh”), Lithuanian prėskas (“unflavoured, tasteless, fresh”), Russian пре́сный (présnyj, “sweet, fresh, unleavened, tasteless”). Doublet of fresco and frisk.
Slang sense possibly shortened form of “fresh out the pack”, 1980s routine by Grand Wizzard Theodore.