fresh
recently made, produced, or harvested
How often you will meet it
Rank 745 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 25,194 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- recently made, produced, or harvested fresh breada fresh scent
- (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again a fresh startfresh ideas
- imparting vitality and energy also: bracing, brisk, refreshing, refreshful, tonic the bracing mountain air
- original and of a kind not seen before also: new, novel the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
- not canned or otherwise preserved fresh vegetables
- not containing or composed of salt water also: sweet fresh water
fresh in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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What I principally wanted was fresh water; and I was resolved about dusk to swim ashore.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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Why, that would mean joy, And new life for the girl, and fresh strength for the boy.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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Mattie came forward, unwinding her wraps, the colour of the cherry scarf in her fresh lips and cheeks.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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That night there was a family dinner, and with the coffee his father turned and ordered fresh champagne opened.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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She had nice, round, fresh cheeks and nice, big, honest eyes, plenty of mouse-brown hair and a short, straight nose.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1