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• is this milk fresh?
• fresh bread/flowers/fish
• eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.
• our chefs use only the freshest produce available.

fresh

1. recently produced or picked and not frozen, dried or preserved in tins or cans
• Is this milk fresh?
• fresh bread/flowers/fish
• Eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.
• Our chefs use only the freshest produce available.
• vegetables fresh from the garden
• Doesn't fruit taste a lot better fresh off the tree?

Extra Examples

• Mushrooms don't stay fresh for long.
• Put it in the fridge to keep it fresh.
• The croissants are nice and fresh.
• Fresh fish is brought up from the coast on ice.
2. pleasantly clean, pure or cool
• a toothpaste that leaves a nice fresh taste in your mouth
• Let's go and get some fresh air (= go outside where the air is cooler).
• Her hair smelled fresh and newly washed.
• Horses should have fresh, clean water available at all times.
3. made or experienced recently
• fresh tracks in the snow
• a fresh wound
• Let me write it down while it's still fresh in my mind.
• The war is too recent and the memories are too fresh.
• The park looks wonderful under a blanket of fresh snow.
4. new or different in a way that adds to or replaces something
• a fresh coat of paint
• Could we order some fresh coffee?
• The defence have found fresh evidence that could form the basis of an appeal.
• This is the opportunity he needs to make a fresh start (= to try something new after not being successful at something else).
• The government is said to be taking a fresh look at the matter.
• The kids bring a wealth of fresh ideas with them.
• I think it's time we tried a fresh approach.

Extra Examples

• They will lose no time in holding fresh elections.
• Fresh towels are provided every day.
• A few directors have launched new movies with fresh faces in the lead.
5. containing no salt
• SEE ALSO freshwater
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/freshwater
• There is a shortage of fresh water on the island.
6. quite strong and cold
• SYNONYM brisk
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/brisk
• a fresh breeze
• The winds are likely to get fresher towards the end of the day.
7. quite cold with some wind
• It's fresh this morning, isn't it?
8. looking clear, bright and attractive
• He looked fresh and neat in a clean white shirt.
• a collection of summer dresses in fresh colours
• a fresh complexion

Extra Examples

• Regular facials help to keep the skin looking clean and fresh.
• The yellow paint makes the kitchen look much fresher.
9. full of energy
• Regular exercise will help you feel fresher and fitter.
• I managed to sleep on the plane and arrived feeling as fresh as a daisy.
10. having just come from a particular place; having just had a particular experience
• students fresh out of college
• fresh from her success at the Olympic Games
• The singer is fresh off a successful world tour.
11. rude and too confident in a way that shows a lack of respect for somebody or a sexual interest in somebody
• Don't get fresh with me!
12. clean air breathed in after being indoors or in a dirty atmosphere
• We'll get a breath of fresh air at lunchtime.
• I'm going outside for a breath of fresh air.
13. a person, thing or place that is new and different and therefore interesting and exciting
• The new secretary is a breath of fresh air.
14. new members or employees, especially young ones, with new ideas or ways of doing things
• This company badly needs to bring in some fresh blood.
15. to make somebody feel positive, especially when they thought that they had no chance of achieving something

Word Origin

• Old English fersc ‘not salt, fit for drinking’, superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French freis, fresche; both ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch vers and German frisch.