Refresh

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to.
  • v. To give new freshness or brightness to; restore.
  • v. To make cool, clean, or moist; freshen up.
  • v. To renew by stimulation: refresh one's memory.
  • v. To fill up again; replenish: refresh a drink.
  • v. Computer Science To renew (the image on a display screen) by renewing the flow of electrons from the cathode-ray tube: The faster a monitor refreshes images, the less it flickers.
  • v. Computer Science To maintain (data in a dynamic RAM) by sending a new electric pulse to recharge the chips.
  • verb-intransitive. To take refreshment.
  • verb-intransitive. To become fresh again; revive.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To renew or revitalize.
  • v. To reload a webpage on the internet.
  • v. To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
  • v. To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
  • n. The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
  • n. The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate.
  • v. To make as if new; to repair; to restore.
  • n. The act of refreshing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make fresh or as if new again; freshen; improve; restore; repair; renovate.
  • To make fresh or vigorous again; restore vigor or energy to; give new strength to; reinvigorate; recreate or revive after fatigue, privation, pain, or the like; reanimate.
  • To steep and soak, particularly vegetables, in pure water with a view to restore their fresh appearance.
  • To become fresh or vigorous again; revive; become reanimated or reinvig-orated.
  • To take refreshment, as food or drink.
  • To lay in a fresh stock of provisions.
  • n. The act of refreshing; refreshment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. refresh one's memory
  • v. make fresh again
  • v. become or make oneself fresh again
  • v. make (to feel) fresh
  • Verb Form
    refreshed    refreshes    refreshing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    remember    think    recall    retrieve    call-back    call up    recollect    change    modify    alter   
    Cross Reference
    freshen   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cool    cheer    recreate    restore    refrigerate    renovate    renew    reanimate    enliven    invigorate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Pradesh    Ritesh    afresh    creche    enmesh    esch    esh    flesh    fresh    mesh   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pleasant    delicious    satisfy    wholesome    grateful    excite    exhilarate    helpful    tranquil    lively