fresh
adjective /freʃ/
/freʃ/
(comparative fresher, superlative freshest)
Idioms - (usually of food) recently produced or picked and not frozen, dried or preserved in tins or cans
- Is this milk fresh?
- fresh bread/flowers/fish
- Eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.
- Our chefs use only the freshest produce available.
- fresh from something vegetables fresh from the garden
- fresh off something Doesn't fruit taste a lot better fresh off the tree?
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatinga2- Mushrooms don't stay fresh for long.
- Put it in the fridge to keep it fresh.
- The croissants are nice and fresh.
- Fresh fish is brought up from the coast on ice.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- smell
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- lovely (and) fresh
- nice (and) fresh
- [usually before noun] pleasantly clean, pure or cool
- a toothpaste that leaves a nice fresh taste in your mouth
- Let's go and get some fresh air (= go outside where the air is cooler).
- Her hair smelled fresh and newly washed.
- Horses should have fresh, clean water available at all times.
- made or experienced recently
- fresh tracks in the snow
- a fresh wound
- Let me write it down while it's still fresh in my mind.
- The war is too recent and the memories are too fresh.
- The park looks wonderful under a blanket of fresh snow.
- [usually before noun] new or different in a way that adds to or replaces something
- a fresh coat of paint
- Could we order some fresh coffee?
- The defence have found fresh evidence that could form the basis of an appeal.
- This is the opportunity he needs to make a fresh start (= to try something new after not being successful at something else).
- The government is said to be taking a fresh look at the matter.
- The kids bring a wealth of fresh ideas with them.
- I think it's time we tried a fresh approach.
Extra Examples- They will lose no time in holding fresh elections.
- Fresh towels are provided every day.
- A few directors have launched new movies with fresh faces in the lead.
- [usually before noun] containing no salt
- There is a shortage of fresh water on the island.
- (of the wind) quite strong and cold synonym brisk
- a fresh breeze
- The winds are likely to get fresher towards the end of the day.
- (British English) (of the weather) quite cold with some wind
- It's fresh this morning, isn't it?
- looking clear, bright and attractive
- He looked fresh and neat in a clean white shirt.
- a collection of summer dresses in fresh colours
- a fresh complexion
Extra Examples- Regular facials help to keep the skin looking clean and fresh.
- The yellow paint makes the kitchen look much fresher.
- [not usually before noun] full of energy
- Regular exercise will help you feel fresher and fitter.
- I managed to sleep on the plane and arrived feeling as fresh as a daisy.
- having just come from a particular place; having just had a particular experience
- fresh out of something students fresh out of college
- fresh from something fresh from her success at the Olympic Games
- fresh off something The singer is fresh off a successful world tour.
- [not before noun] fresh (with somebody) (informal) rude and too confident in a way that shows a lack of respect for somebody or a sexual interest in somebody
- Don't get fresh with me!
food
clean/cool
new
water
weather
clear/bright
full of energy
just finished
rude/confident
Word OriginOld English fersc ‘not salt, fit for drinking’, superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French freis, fresche; both ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch vers and German frisch.
Idioms
a breath of (fresh) air
- clean air breathed in after being indoors or in a dirty atmosphere
- We'll get a breath of fresh air at lunchtime.
- I'm going outside for a breath of fresh air.
a breath of fresh air
- a person, thing or place that is new and different and therefore interesting and exciting
- The new secretary is a breath of fresh air.
fresh/new blood
- new members or employees, especially young ones, with new ideas or ways of doing things
- This company badly needs to bring in some fresh blood.
give somebody (fresh) heart
- to make somebody feel positive, especially when they thought that they had no chance of achieving something