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FRESHEN UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become or make oneself fresh again
Example:
She freshened up after the tennis game
Synonyms:
freshen; freshen up; refresh; refreshen
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "freshen up" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "freshen up"):
lave; wash up (wash one's face and hands)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make brighter and prettier
Example:
My wife wants us to renovate
Synonyms:
freshen up; refurbish; renovate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "freshen up" is one way to...):
regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "freshen up"):
gentrify (renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
