refreshing
adjectivenounverbcommon in dialogue
- //ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ//
That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
adjective
- 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.
Etymology
By surface analysis, refresh + -ing.
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.
verb
- 1
Also a form of refreshpresent participle and gerund of refresh
Forms
- plural
- refreshings
- comparative
- more refreshing
- superlative
- most refreshing
refreshing · That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
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