fresh

adjective

• 1not previously known or used; new or different:the court had heard fresh evidence
• recently created or experienced and not faded or impaired:the memory was still fresh in their minds
• (of a person) attractively youthful and unspoilt: a fresh young girl

• 2(of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved:fresh fruit

• 3 [predic.] (of a person) full of energy and vigour:they are feeling fresh after a good night’s sleep
• (of a colour or a person’s complexion) bright or healthy in appearance: a young constable with a fresh complexion the foliage was still a fresh colour

• 4(of water) not salty: all the fresh water in the world’s lakes

• 5(of the wind) cool and fairly strong: a fresh northerly wind was speeding the ship southwards
• British informal (of the weather) rather cold and windy: She shivered in the chilly air. ‘A bit fresh, isn’t it?’
• pleasantly clean and cool:a bit of fresh air does her good

• 6 (fresh from/out of) (of a person) having just had (a particular experience) or come from (a particular place):we were fresh out of art school

• 7 informal presumptuous towards someone, especially in a sexual way:some of the men tried to get fresh with the girls

• 8West Indian having an unpleasant, slightly rotten smell:this place was covered in water and smelled fresh like hell

adverb

• newly; recently:fresh-baked bread fresh-cut grass