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reˇfresh  audio  (r-frsh) KEY 

VERB:
reˇfreshed, reˇfreshˇing, reˇfreshˇes
VERB:
tr.
  1. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to.
  2. To give new freshness or brightness to; restore.
  3. To make cool, clean, or moist; freshen up.
  4. To renew by stimulation: refresh one's memory.
  5. To fill up again; replenish: refresh a drink.
  6. Computer Science
    1. To renew (the image on a display screen) by renewing the flow of electrons from the cathode-ray tube: The faster a monitor refreshes images, the less it flickers.
    2. To maintain (data in a dynamic RAM) by sending a new electric pulse to recharge the chips.
VERB:
intr.
  1. To take refreshment.
  2. To become fresh again; revive.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English refresshen, from Old French refreschir : re-, re- + fres, fresche, fresh ( of Germanic origin)


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