refresh

/ˈrʌfrɛʃ/

/ˈrifrɛʃ/

Other forms: refreshing; refreshed; refreshes

To refresh is to renew or revive — to make someone feel newly clean or invigorated. After a long, hot run, a glass of lemonade might refresh you.

You might refresh yourself by taking a shower or a nap, and you can easily refresh your breath by brushing your teeth. When you refresh your memory, you stimulate it, or get it going: "I looked over my notes to refresh my memory before the quiz." On a computer, you can refresh a page by updating it. Refresh comes from the Old French refreschier, "refresh or renew."

Definitions of refresh

1. verb

   make fresh again
   synonyms: freshen, refreshen

   antonyms:

   tire

   exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
2. verb

   make (to feel) fresh
   “The cool water refreshed us”

   synonyms: freshen

   types:

   air, air out, vent, ventilate

   expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen

   type of:

   regenerate, renew

   reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
3. verb

   become or make oneself fresh again
   synonyms: freshen, freshen up, refreshen

   types:

   lave, wash up

   wash one's face and hands

   type of:

   change

   undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
4. verb

   refresh one's memory
   synonyms: brush up, review

   type of:

   call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think

   recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection