freshness
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fresh
(frĕsh)adj. fresh·er, fresh·est
1.
a. New to one's experience; not encountered before: fresh evidence.
b. Unusual or different: a fresh approach on the problem. See Synonyms at new.
2.
a. Recently made, produced, or harvested; not stale or spoiled: fresh bread.
b. Not preserved, as by canning, smoking, or freezing: fresh vegetables.
3. Not saline or salty: fresh water.
4.
a. Not yet used or soiled; clean: a fresh sheet of paper.
b. Free from impurity or pollution; pure: fresh air.
c. Not dull or faded: a fresh memory.
d. Newly applied, especially to restore or enhance: a fresh coat of paint.
5. Fairly strong and often cool; brisk: a fresh wind.
6.
a. Having just arrived: fashions fresh from Paris.
b. Untried or trained but not experienced: fresh volunteers.
7.
a. Revived or reinvigorated; refreshed: I was fresh as a daisy after the nap.
b. Rested and ready for a long ride. Used of horses.
c. Having the glowing or unspoiled appearance of youth: a fresh complexion.
8. Having recently calved and therefore producing milk. Used of a cow.
9. Informal Lacking respectful restraint; impudent: Don't get fresh with me!
10. Slang Excellent; first-rate.
adv.
Recently; newly: fresh out of milk; muffins baked fresh daily.
n.
1. The early part: the fresh of the day.
2. A freshet.
[Middle English, from Old English fersc, pure, not salty, and from Old French freis (feminine fresche), new, recent, of Germanic origin.]
fresh′ly adv.
fresh′ness n.
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Freshness
- (She looks as) clear as morning roses newly washed with dew —William Shakespeare
- Fresh as a daisy —Slogan, June Dairy Products Co.
- Fresh as an unveiled statue —Henry James
- Fresh as any rose —John Lydgate
The natural association between freshness and flowers has made this simile and its variants a common expression. The daisy rivals the rose as a popular comparison.
- (Looking as) fresh as apple blossoms among the tender leaves of late spring —Frank Swinnerton
- Fresh as April grass —Karl Shapiro
- Fresh [in the face] as a rainwashed rose —Reynolds Price
- Fresh as a spring morning —Slogan, Little America frozen foods
- Fresh as hope —Susan Engberg
- Fresh as paint —Francis Edward Smedley
- Fresh as the dawn —Anon
An extension used as a slogan by Pacific Egg Producers: “Fresh as dewy dawn.”
- Fresh as the month of May —Geoffrey Chaucer
The above is modernized from, “As fresh as is the month of May.”
- Fresh as salt-drenched skin —Theodore Roethke
- Fresh as the morning —Slogan, Campbell’s corn flakes
- Fresh as the morning wind that tatters the mist —Marge Piercy
- Fresh as thyme or parsley —W. H. Auden
- Fresh as tomorrow —James G. Huneker
- Fresh as yesterday —Shelby Hearon
In Hearon’s novel, A Small Town, what’s fresh is a family feud.
- Fresh like frilled linen clean from a laundry —Virginia Woolf
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | freshness - the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated; "she loved the freshness of newly baked bread"; "the freshness of the air revived him" newness - the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness crispness - a pleasing firmness and freshness; "crispness of new dollar bills"; "crispness of fresh lettuce" staleness - having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging |
2. | freshness - originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel originality - the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else) | |
3. | freshness - an alert and refreshed state good health, healthiness - the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease | |
4. | freshness - originality by virtue of being new and surprising originality - the ability to think and act independently | |
5. | freshness - the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties rudeness, discourtesy - a manner that is rude and insulting |
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freshness
noun
1. novelty, creativity, originality, inventiveness, newness, innovativeness They have a freshness and individuality that others lack.
2. cleanness, shine, glow, bloom, sparkle, vigour, brightness, wholesomeness, clearness, dewiness the freshness of early morning
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
freshness
nounThe quality of being novel:
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Translations
čerstvost
raikkaus
frisk
freshness
[ˈfreʃnɪs] N1. [of food] → frescura f
2. [of air] → frescor m
4. (= originality, spontaneity) [of style] → originalidad f, frescura f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
freshness
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[ˈfrɛʃnɪs] n (of food, air) → freschezza; (of approach) → novità; (impertinence) → impertinenzaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995