Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - fresh

(fresher, freshest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A fresh thing or amount replaces or is added to a previous thing or amount. He asked Strathclyde police, which carried out the original investigation, to make fresh inquiries... I need a new challenge and a fresh start somewhere else. = new ADJ: ADJ n 2. Something that is fresh has been done, made, or experienced recently. There were no fresh car tracks or footprints in the snow... With the memory of the bombing fresh in her mind, Eleanor became increasingly agitated. ADJ 3. Fresh food has been picked or produced recently, and has not been preserved, for example by being frozen or put in a tin. ...locally caught fresh fish. ...fresh fruit. ADJ 4. If you describe something as fresh, you like it because it is new and exciting. These designers are full of fresh ideas. ...a fresh image. = original ADJ 5. If you describe something as fresh, you mean that it is pleasant, bright, and clean in appearance. Gingham fabrics always look fresh and pretty. ADJ 6. If something smells, tastes, or feels fresh, it is clean or cool. The air was fresh and for a moment she felt revived. ADJ: usu ADJ n 7. Fresh water is water that is not salty, for example the water from rivers or lakes. ADJ 8. If you say that the weather is fresh, you mean that it is fairly cold and windy. It was a fine, fresh summer morning... Outside the breeze was fresh and from the north. ADJ 9. If you feel fresh, you feel full of energy and enthusiasm. It’s vital we are as fresh as possible for those matches... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 10. Fresh paint is not yet dry. (AM; in BRIT, use wet) ADJ 11. If you are fresh from a particular place or experience, you have just come from that place or you have just had that experience. You can also say that someone is fresh out of a place. I returned to the office, fresh from Heathrow... From what I’ve heard he started wheeling and dealing fresh out of college. = straight ADJ: v-link ADJ from/out of n