refresh
/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/ verb C1- To renew or revitalize. · Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
- To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
- To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
- To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
- To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
- To take refreshment; to eat or drink.
He/she/it refreshes · Past refreshed · Past participle refreshed · -ing form refreshing
Verb forms
- Base form
- refresh
- He/she/it
- refreshes
- Past
- refreshed
- Past participle
- refreshed
- -ing form
- refreshing
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Our little party of travelers awakened the next morning refreshed and full of hope, and Dorothy breakfasted like a princess off peaches and plums from the trees beside the river.
So, the Lion being fully refreshed, and feeling quite himself again, they all started upon the journey, greatly enjoying the walk through the soft, fresh grass; and it was not long before they reached the road of yellow brick and turned again toward the Emerald City where the Great Oz dwelt.
As to Holmes, he returned refreshed to his monograph upon the Polyphonic Motets of Lassus, which has since been printed for private circulation, and is said by experts to be the last word upon the subject.
“Your experience has been a most entertaining one,” remarked Holmes as his client paused and refreshed his memory with a huge pinch of snuff.
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