Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. review, brush up, refresh(verb)

   refresh one's memory

   "I reviewed the material before the test"

2. refresh, freshen(verb)

   make (to feel) fresh

   "The cool water refreshed us"

3. freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up(verb)

   become or make oneself fresh again

   "She freshened up after the tennis game"

4. refresh, freshen, refreshen(verb)

   make fresh again

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. refresh(Noun)

   The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

2. refresh(Noun)

   The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.

3. refresh(Verb)

   To renew or revitalize.

4. refresh(Verb)

   To reload a webpage on the internet.

5. refresh(Verb)

   To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.

6. refresh(Verb)

   To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

Origin: From refrescher (French: rafraîchir)

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Refresh(adj)

   to make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind

2. Refresh(adj)

   to make as if new; to repair; to restore

3. Refresh(noun)

   the act of refreshing

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Refresh

   rē-fresh′, v.t. to give new strength, spirit, &c. to: to revive after exhaustion: to enliven: to restore a fresh appearance to.—v.i. to become fresh again: (coll.) to take refreshment, as food and drink.—v.t. Rēfresh′en, to make fresh again.—n. Rēfresh′er, one who, or that which, refreshes: a fee paid to counsel for continuing his attention to a case, esp. when adjourned.—adj. Rēfresh′ful, full of power to refresh: refreshing.—adv. Rēfresh′fully.—p.adj. Rēfresh′ing, reviving, invigorating.—adv. Rēfresh′ingly, in a refreshing manner: so as to revive.—ns. Rēfresh′ingness; Refresh′ment, the act of refreshing: new strength or spirit after exhaustion: that which refreshes, as food or rest—(pl.) usually food and drink.—Refreshment, or Refection, Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent.

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1. fresher

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of refresh in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of refresh in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Carl Levin:

   Let me refresh your recollection.

2. Cato the Elder:

   The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.

3. Charles Anderson:

   They need a refresh badly. It's as if Apple went a year without a new iPhone.

4. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   What have you got if you do not have a peaceful corner where you can refresh yourself?

5. Margaret Fairless Barber:

   To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.

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