refreshing

adj, noun — 4 senses

refreshing

adj

/ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/

Etymology By surface analysis, refresh + -ing.

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.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 217:
  • Every forecast or guess has one refreshing quality: one will be right and the rest will be wrong.2022 June 20, Charles Hugh Smith, The Difference Between a Forecast and a Guess:
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.2003, John Wang, Data Mining: Opportunities and Challenges, page 74:
Derived terms
nonrefreshing, refreshingly, refreshingness, unrefreshing

refreshing

noun

Etymology By surface analysis, refresh + -ing.

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 […]1821, Frederick Butler, A Complete History of the United States of America:
2

That which gives refreshment.

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