I. fresh 1 S2 W2 /freʃ/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ freshness , ↑ refreshment , refreshments, refresher; adverb : ↑ freshly , freshingly, ↑ refreshingly ; adjective : ↑ fresh , ↑ refreshing , ↑ refreshed ; verb : ↑ freshen , ↑ refresh ]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: freis ]
1 . NEW adding to or replacing something:
I’ll just make some fresh coffee.
The report provides fresh evidence about the way the business was run.
You’ll have to start again on a fresh sheet of paper.
2 . NEW AND INTERESTING good or interesting because it has not been done, seen etc before:
Ryan will bring a fresh approach to the job.
We need some fresh ideas.
Let’s take a fresh look at the problem.
3 . RECENT done, experienced, or having happened recently:
There were fresh fox tracks around the hen huts.
The accident was still fresh in her mind.
4 . a fresh start when you start something again in a completely new and different way after being unsuccessful:
I hope Jim and I can get back together and make a fresh start.
5 . FOOD/FLOWERS
a) fresh food has recently been picked or prepared, and is not frozen or preserved
fresh fruit/vegetables/fish/bread etc
The beans are fresh from the garden.
b) fresh flowers have recently been picked
6 . fresh air air from outside, especially clean air:
Let’s open the windows and have some fresh air in here!
⇨ breath of fresh air at ↑ breath (2)
7 . fresh water fresh water contains no salt and comes from rivers and lakes ⇨ saltwater
8 . TASTE/SMELL ETC [usually before noun] pleasantly clean or cool:
a fresh minty taste
It’s a light, fresh wine.
9 . APPEARANCE pleasant, bright, and clean OPP dull :
The kitchen is decorated in fresh blues and greens.
She has brown hair, hazel eyes and a fresh complexion.
10 . WEATHER if the wind is fresh, it is quite cold and strong:
a fresh breeze
11 . NOT TIRED [not usually before noun] full of energy because you are not tired:
She always seems fresh and lively, even at the end of the day.
Despite his busy day he arrived looking as fresh as a daisy (=not tired and ready to do things) .
12 . fresh from something
a) ( also fresh out of something American English ) having just finished your education or training, and not having a lot of experience:
He’s fresh out of law school.
b) having just come from a particular place or experience:
The team is fresh from their victory over the French.
13 . get/be fresh with somebody old-fashioned to behave rudely in a way which shows sexual interest, or lack of respect
—freshness noun [uncountable] :
the freshness of the early morning
the freshness and vitality of youth
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THESAURUS
▪ new :
a new sports centre
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a new edition of the book
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an entirely new theory of time and space
▪ brand new completely new:
a brand new car
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The house looks brand new.
▪ recent made, produced etc a short time ago:
recent research into brain chemistry
▪ the latest [only before noun] the most recent:
Have you seen his latest film?
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the latest fashions from Paris
▪ modern different from earlier things of the same kind because of using new methods, equipment, or designs:
modern technology
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modern farming methods
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a modern kitchen
▪ original new and completely different from what other people have done or thought of before, especially in a way that seems interesting:
The play is highly original.
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His style is completely original.
▪ fresh fresh ideas, evidence, or ways of doing things are new and different, and are used instead of previous ones:
We need a fresh approach to the problem.
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They want young people with fresh ideas.
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Police think they may have found some fresh evidence that links him to the murder.
▪ novel new and different in a surprising and unusual way – used especially about a suggestion, experience, or way of doing something:
The club have come up with a novel way of raising cash.
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The King was passionately in love, which was a novel experience for him.
▪ innovative completely new and showing a lot of imagination – used especially about a design or way of doing something:
an attractive website with an innovative design
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They came up with an innovative approach to the problem.
▪ revolutionary completely new in a way that has a very big effect – used especially about an idea, method, or invention:
a revolutionary treatment for breast cancer
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His theories were considered to be revolutionary at the time.
▪ new-fangled [only before noun] used about something that is new and modern but which you disapprove of:
My grandfather hated all this newfangled technology.
II. fresh 2 BrE AmE adverb
1 . fresh-made/fresh-cut/fresh-grated etc especially American English recently made, cut etc:
fresh-ground coffee
2 . be fresh out of something American English spoken to have just used your last supplies of something:
I’m fresh out of beer. Will you take a cola instead?