freshen

Word parts

fresh + -en

Pronunciation

• enPR: frĕshʹən, IPA ^(key): /ˈfrɛʃən/

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Verb

Plain form freshen

Third-person singular freshens

Past tense freshened

Past participle freshened

Present participle freshening

1. (intransitive) If something freshens, it becomes fresh.