Definition of "freshen" in English

verb

1. (intransitive) To become fresh.

2. (intransitive, of wind) To become stronger.

3. (intransitive, transitive, of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.

   • For Sale—Three registered holstein cows. Due to freshen the first of Jan. February and March. Prices that will sell. Age three and five years. Eugune Gibson, Smyrna.

4. (transitive) To make fresh.

5. (transitive) To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).

6. (transitive) To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.

   • to freshen water, fish, or flesh

7. (transitive, nautical) To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.

   • to freshen a hawse

8. (transitive) To top up (a drink).

9. (transitive, historical) To top up (primer) in a firearm.