–adjective

1.	newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.

2.	recently arrived; just come: fresh from school.

3.	new; not previously known, met with, etc.; novel: to uncover fresh facts; to seek fresh experiences.

4.	additional or further: fresh supplies.

5.	not salty, as water.

6.	retaining the original properties unimpaired; not stale or spoiled: Is the milk still fresh?

7.	not preserved by freezing, canning, pickling, salting, drying, etc.: fresh vegetables.

8.	not tired or fatigued; brisk; vigorous: She was still fresh after that long walk.

9.	not faded, worn, obliterated, etc.: fresh paint; a fresh appearance.

10.	looking youthful and healthy: a fresh beauty that we all admired.

11.	pure, cool, or refreshing, as air.

12.	denoting a young wine, esp. a white or rosé, that is clean, crisp, and uncomplicated.

13.	Meteorology. (of wind) moderately strong or brisk.

14.	inexperienced; green; callow: Two hundred fresh rec 1066 ruits arrived at the training camp.

15.	Informal. forward or presumptuous.

16.	(of a cow) having recently given birth to a calf.

17.	Slang. a. exciting; appealing; great. b. informed; up-to-date.

–noun

18.	the fresh part or time.

19.	a freshet.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

20.	to make or become fresh.

–adverb

21.	newly; recently; just now: He is fresh out of ideas. The eggs are fresh laid.

–noun

1.	the blossom of a plant.

2.	Botany. a. the part of a seed plant comprising the reproductive organs and their envelopes if any, esp. when such envelopes are more or less conspicuous in form and color. b. an analogous reproductive structure in other plants, as the mosses.

3.	a plant, considered with reference to its blossom or cultivated for its floral beauty.

4.	state of efflorescence or bloom: Peonies were in flower.

5.	an ornament representing a flower.

6.	Also called fleuron, floret. Printing. an ornamental piece of type, esp. a stylized floral design, often used in a line to decorate chapter headings, page borders, or bindings.

7.	an ornament or adornment.

8.	the finest or most flourishing period: Poetic drama was in flower in Elizabethan England.

9.	the best or finest member or part of a number, body, or whole: the flower of American youth.

10.	the finest or choicest product or example.

11.	flowers, (used with a singular verb) Chemistry. a substance in the form of a fine powder, esp. as obtained by sublimation: flowers of sulfur.

–verb (used without object)

12.	to produce flowers; blossom; come to full bloom.

13.	to come out into full development; mature.

–verb (used with object)

14.	to cover or deck with flowers.

15.	to decorate with a floral design.