"fresh" meaning in English

See fresh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /frɛʃ/ Audio: en-us-fresh.ogg [US] Forms: fresh [positive], fresher [comparative], freshest [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|fresh|fresher|freshest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is fresh it is not old, it is new or like new. Often this means not spoiled or rotten.
    Sense id: simple-fresh-en-adj-cRDp4FSh
  2. If water is fresh it does not have salt in it.
    Sense id: simple-fresh-en-adj-r0xMa~L1
  3. If you are being fresh you are to forward sexually; this is a way of being rude.
    Sense id: simple-fresh-en-adj-wDsUMF93 Categories (other): Colloquial
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