fresh

fresh

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fresh¹ S2 W2 /freʃ/ adjective1.  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
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ new: a new sports centre | a new edition of the book | an entirely new theory of time and space
   ▪ brand new completely new: a brand new car | 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? | the latest fashions from Paris
   ▪ modern different from earlier things of the same kind because of using new methods, equipment, or designs: modern technology | modern farming methods | 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. | 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. | They want young people with fresh ideas. | 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. | 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 | 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 | 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.

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fresh² 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?