REFRESH
Dictionary entry overview: What does refresh mean?
• REFRESH (verb)
The verb REFRESH has 4 senses:
1. refresh one's memory
2. make (to feel) fresh
3. become or make oneself fresh again
4. make fresh again
Familiarity information: REFRESH used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• REFRESH (verb)
Meaning:
Refresh one's memory
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
brush up; refresh; review
Context example:
I reviewed the material before the test
Hypernyms (to "refresh" is one way to...):
call back; call up; recall; recollect; remember; retrieve; think (recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make (to feel) fresh
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
freshen; refresh
Context example:
The cool water refreshed us
Hypernyms (to "refresh" is one way to...):
regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "refresh"):
air; air out; vent; ventilate (expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to refresh Sue
Meaning:
Become or make oneself fresh again
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
refreshen; freshen up; freshen; refresh
Context example:
She freshened up after the tennis game
Hypernyms (to "refresh" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "refresh"):
lave; wash up (wash one's face and hands)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Make fresh again
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
refreshen; freshen; refresh
Hypernyms (to "refresh" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Antonym:
tire (exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress)
