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freshen

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Verb

  1. To become fresh: To be refreshed.
  2. To become fresh: To become cool.
  3. To become fresh: To become not salty, to lose its salinity. (of water)
  4. To become stronger.
  5. To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.
  6. To make fresh: To refresh; to revive; to renew.
  7. To make fresh: To make cool.
  8. To make fresh: To make green (vegetation that has become dry).
  9. To make fresh: To remove or cover unpleasant qualities such as staleness, bad odour or taste (in air, breath, water, etc.).
  10. To make fresh: To touch up (makeup); to give (a body part, especially the face) a quick wash.
  11. To make fresh: To touch up the paint on (something).
  12. To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
  13. To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
  14. To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
  15. To top up (a drink).
  16. To top up (primer) in a firearm.

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