To grow brisk; grow stronger or brighter: as, the wind freshens; the verdure freshens.To grow fresh; lose salt or saltness.To refresh; revive; renew.To make fresh; remove saltness from: as, to freshen fish or flesh.Nautical, to relieve, as a rope, by altering the position of a part exposed to friction.In surgery, to denude (a part) of its tegument so as to form a raw surface which will readily unite with a similar surface when the two are brought into apposition.