refresh

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   make (to feel) fresh

   The cool water refreshed us

2. 2
   verb

   To renew or revitalize.

   Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.

3. 3
   verb

   To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.

   She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.

4. 4
   verb

   To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.

   You can save your code, refresh your browser, and see a change instantly. This simple trick turns a lowly web browser into a development environment […]

5. 5
   verb

   To take refreshment; to eat or drink.

   We got within two miles of there, and stopped in the woods out of sight, where we refreshed with some brandy, and gave the two boys very large portions.

6. 6
   noun

   The process of modernizing something.

   Experiences such as the Al Qaeda threat have provided a taste of how the landscape may have changed very fundamentally. Do these changes spell the end of the Cycle as a useful concept, or does it just need a refresh?

7. 7
   verb

   make fresh again

8. 8
   verb

   become or make oneself fresh again

Etymology

From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- + fresh.