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freshening

verb

Meaning

  1. To become fresh.
  2. (of wind) To become stronger.
  3. (of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.
  4. To make fresh.
  5. To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
  6. To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
  7. The act by which something is freshened.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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