01 v. t. To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.
imp. & p. p.
Freshened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Freshening
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1.
To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salty; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh.
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2.
To refresh; to revive.[Obs.]
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3.
To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing; as, to freshen a hawse.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
To freshen ballast —
to shift Or restore it.
To freshen the hawse —
to pay out a little more cable, so as to bring the chafe on another part.
To freshen the way —
to increase the speed of a vessel.