refreshing

UK /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/ US /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/
adj 2noun 2

Definitions

adj

1

That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.

The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash.

Every forecast or guess has one refreshing quality: one will be right and the rest will be wrong.

2

Serving to refresh, particularly with respect to an electronic screen, or a browser window or similar computer application.

The polarization system has a refreshing rate that is twice the refreshing rate of the corresponding shutter system.

noun

1

The action of refresh; refreshment given or received.

Notwithstanding these powerful refreshings of divine grace, the ways of Zion continued to mourn generally, throughout the New-England churches; iniquity abounded, and the hearts of many waxed cold […]

2

That which gives refreshment.

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