"freshen up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: freshens up [present, singular, third-person], freshening up [participle, present], freshened up [participle, past], freshened up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} freshen up (third-person singular simple present freshens up, present participle freshening up, simple past and past participle freshened up)
  1. (intransitive or reflexive) To wash or groom oneself in order to be more attractive. Tags: intransitive, reflexive
    Sense id: en-freshen_up-en-verb-ucQnf3DB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 84 16
  2. (transitive) To freshen, make fresh, revivify, make new. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-freshen_up-en-verb-1LWebRoi

Inflected forms

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