English Dictionary
◊ FRESH
fresh
adj 1: not stale or old; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent" [ant: {stale}]
2: (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again; "a fresh start";
"fresh ideas"
3: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
[syn: {bracing}, {brisk}, {energizing}, {refreshing}, {refreshful},
{tonic}]
4: of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a
completely novel proof of a well-known theorem" [syn: {new},
{novel}]
5: not canned or otherwise preserved; "fresh vegetables" [ant:
{preserved}]
6: not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water"
[ant: {salt}]
7: having recently calved and therefore able to give milk; "the
cow is fresh"
8: with restored energy [syn: {invigorated}, {refreshed}, {reinvigorated}]
9: not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: {sweet}]
10: free from impurities; "clean water"; "fresh air" [syn: {clean}]
11: not artificial; "fresh cut flowers" [syn: {fresh(a)}]
12: not yet used or soiled; "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of
paper"; "an unused envelope" [syn: {unused}]
13: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me";
"impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an
impudent boy given to insulting strangers" [syn: {impertinent},
{impudent}, {overbold}, {smart}, {saucy}]
adv : very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised
objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new
washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are
fresh out of tomatoes" [syn: {recently}, {newly}, {freshly},
{new}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ FRESH
Fresh
["Fresh: A Higher-Order Language Based on Unification",
G. Smolka, in Logic Programming: Functions, Relations and
Equations", D. DeGroot et al, P-H 1986, pp. 469-524].
(1996-04-28)