"freshening" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: freshenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} freshening (plural freshenings)
  1. The act by which something is freshened.
    Sense id: en-freshening-en-noun-4fuvfYD1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} freshening
  1. present participle and gerund of freshen Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: freshen
    Sense id: en-freshening-en-verb-92OvVa2R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73

Inflected forms

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