freshenverb
uk/ˈfreʃ.ən/us/ˈfreʃ.ən/freshen verb (AIR)
[ T ] also freshen up to make something cleaner and/or cooler:
She opened a window to freshen up the room.
[ I ] UK If a wind freshens, it becomes stronger and cooler:
The wind is expected to freshen as it moves in from the east.
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Cleaning & tidying places & things
- a lick and a promise idiom
- adjust
- airing
- bed
- brush
- char
- clean (sb/sth) up
- freshen (sb/sth) up
- going-over
- Hoover
- housekeeping
- housework
- shampoo
- spit
- straighten
- straighten sth out
- straighten sth up
- tidy sth away
- vac
- valet
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Wind & winds
freshen verb (DRINK)
[ T ] mainly US also freshen up If you freshen someone's especially alcoholic drink, you add more to it:
Here, let me freshen your drink.
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Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- sit
- substitution
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
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freshener
noun [ C ] uk/ˈfreʃ.ən.ər/us/ˈfreʃ.ən.ɚ/
Phrasal verb(s)
freshen (sb/sth) up
freshen sth up