REFRESHEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does refreshen mean? 

• REFRESHEN (verb)
  The verb REFRESHEN has 2 senses:

1. become or make oneself fresh again

2. make fresh again

  Familiarity information: REFRESHEN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFRESHEN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they refreshen    ... he / she / it refreshens   
Past simple: refreshened   
Past participle: refreshened   
-ing form: refreshening   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become or make oneself fresh again

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

freshen; freshen up; refresh; refreshen

Context example:

She freshened up after the tennis game

Hypernyms (to "refreshen" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "refreshen"):

lave; wash up (wash one's face and hands)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make fresh again

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

freshen; refresh; refreshen

Hypernyms (to "refreshen" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody