FRESH
What does "FRESH" mean?
Newly made, gathered, or experienced, and not stale, spoiled, or worn.
Meanings
- Recently produced or obtained; not preserved, stale, or spoiled. She bought fresh bread still warm from the oven.
- New, different, and full of energy or originality. The team brought a fresh approach to an old problem.
- Cool, clean, and invigorating, as of air or water. A fresh breeze swept the heat off the porch.
- Impudent or overly forward toward someone. Don't get fresh with your teacher. informal
Word origin
From Old English 'fersc' meaning unsalted or pure, reinforced by Old French 'freis' (from a Germanic source), both tracing to a common Germanic root meaning new or unspoiled.
Remember it
FRESH starts with FR like FRuit just picked, and ends in SH like the hush of cool air.
A little poem
Cut grass after rain -
the whole yard smells like a word
spoken for the first time.
haiku
Wordplay
- The grocer told the cucumber to stop talking back. It was being too fresh.
What it teaches
Freshness is mostly timing; the same loaf is a feast at dawn and trash by dusk.
Quick facts
What does FRESH mean?
Newly made, gathered, or experienced, and not stale, spoiled, or worn.
Is FRESH a valid word?
Yes — FRESH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FRESH?
FRESH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FRESH come from?
From Old English 'fersc' meaning unsalted or pure, reinforced by Old French 'freis' (from a Germanic source), both tracing to a common Germanic root meaning new or unspoiled.
What can FRESH teach us?
Freshness is mostly timing; the same loaf is a feast at dawn and trash by dusk.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.