Definition of Refresh

1. Verb. Refresh one's memory. "I reviewed the material before the test"

Exact synonyms: Brush Up, Review
Generic synonyms: Call Back, Call Up, Recall, Recollect, Remember, Retrieve, Think
Derivative terms: Brushup, Refresher, Review

2. Verb. Make (to feel) fresh. "The performance is likely to refresh Sue"; "The cool water refreshed us"
Exact synonyms: Freshen
Specialized synonyms: Air, Air Out, Vent, Ventilate
Generic synonyms: Regenerate, Renew
Derivative terms: Freshener, Refresher, Refreshment

3. Verb. Become or make oneself fresh again. "She freshened up after the tennis game"
Exact synonyms: Freshen, Freshen Up, Refreshen
Specialized synonyms: Lave, Wash Up
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Refreshment

4. Verb. Make fresh again.
Exact synonyms: Freshen, Refreshen
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Also: Freshen Up
Derivative terms: Freshener
Antonyms: Tire

Definition of Refresh

1. v. t. 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. n. The act of refreshing.

Definition of Refresh

1. Verb. To renew or revitalize. ¹

2. Verb. (computing) To reload a webpage on the internet. ¹

3. Verb. (computing) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display. ¹

4. Verb. To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc. ¹

5. Noun. The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc. ¹

6. Noun. (computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Refresh

1. to restore the well-being and vigor of [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Refresh

1. 1. To renew; to cause to recuperate. 2. To perform revivification. Origin: O. Fr. Re-frescher (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refresh

reframers
reframes
reframing
reframings
refrangibilities
refrangibility
refrangible
refrangibleness
refreeze
refreezes
refreezing
refrein
refreins
refrenation
refrenations
refresh (current term)
refreshable
refreshaholic
refreshed
refreshen
refreshened
refreshening
refreshens
refresher
refresher course
refreshers
refreshes
refreshful
refreshfully
refreshing

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