To become fresh.
(of wind) To become stronger.
(of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.
To make fresh.
To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).
To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.
to freshen water, fish, or flesh
To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.
to freshen a hawse
To top up (a drink).
To top up (primer) in a firearm.
The act by which something is freshened.