Meaning of "refresh" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REFRESH

From Old French refreschir.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REFRESH

refresh  [rɪˈfrɛʃ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFRESH

Refresh is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb refresh in English.

WHAT DOES REFRESH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Refresh

Refresh may refer to: ▪ Refresh rate, the rate at which a display illuminates ▪ Meta refresh, an HTML tag ▪ Memory refresh, reading and writing to the same area of computer memory ▪ Refreshable Braille display, a device for blind computer users ▪ USS Refresh, an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II ▪ Refresh UK, a brewing business started in 2000...

Definition of refresh in the English dictionary

The first definition of refresh in the dictionary is to make or become fresh or vigorous, as through rest, drink, or food; revive or reinvigorate. Other definition of refresh is to enliven, as by adding new decorations. Refresh is also to stimulate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REFRESH

PRESENT

Present

I refresh

you refresh

he/she/it refreshes

we refresh

you refresh

they refresh

Present continuous

I am refreshing

you are refreshing

he/she/it is refreshing

we are refreshing

you are refreshing

they are refreshing

Present perfect

I have refreshed

you have refreshed

he/she/it has refreshed

we have refreshed

you have refreshed

they have refreshed

Present perfect continuous

I have been refreshing

you have been refreshing

he/she/it has been refreshing

we have been refreshing

you have been refreshing

they have been refreshing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I refreshed

you refreshed

he/she/it refreshed

we refreshed

you refreshed

they refreshed

Past continuous

I was refreshing

you were refreshing

he/she/it was refreshing

we were refreshing

you were refreshing

they were refreshing

Past perfect

I had refreshed

you had refreshed

he/she/it had refreshed

we had refreshed

you had refreshed

they had refreshed

Past perfect continuous

I had been refreshing

you had been refreshing

he/she/it had been refreshing

we had been refreshing

you had been refreshing

they had been refreshing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will refresh

you will refresh

he/she/it will refresh

we will refresh

you will refresh

they will refresh

Future continuous

I will be refreshing

you will be refreshing

he/she/it will be refreshing

we will be refreshing

you will be refreshing

they will be refreshing

Future perfect

I will have refreshed

you will have refreshed

he/she/it will have refreshed

we will have refreshed

you will have refreshed

they will have refreshed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been refreshing

you will have been refreshing

he/she/it will have been refreshing

we will have been refreshing

you will have been refreshing

they will have been refreshing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would refresh

you would refresh

he/she/it would refresh

we would refresh

you would refresh

they would refresh

Conditional continuous

I would be refreshing

you would be refreshing

he/she/it would be refreshing

we would be refreshing

you would be refreshing

they would be refreshing

Conditional perfect

I would have refresh

you would have refresh

he/she/it would have refresh

we would have refresh

you would have refresh

they would have refresh

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been refreshing

you would have been refreshing

he/she/it would have been refreshing

we would have been refreshing

you would have been refreshing

they would have been refreshing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you refresh
we let´s refresh
you refresh

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to refresh

Past participle

refreshed

Present Participle

refreshing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «REFRESH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «refresh» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of refresh

brace · brush up · cheer · cool · enliven · freshen · inspirit · invigorate · jog · kick-start · prod · prompt · reanimate · rejuvenate · renew · renovate · repair · replenish · restore · revitalize · revive · revivify · stimulate · top up

TRANSLATION OF REFRESH

Find out the translation of refresh to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of refresh from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «refresh» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 使清爽
• Translator English - Spanish: refrescar
• English: refresh
• Translator English - Hindi: ताज़ा करे
• Translator English - Arabic: التحديث
• Translator English - Russian: Обновить
• Translator English - Portuguese: refrescar
• Translator English - Bengali: সতেজ করা
• Translator English - French: rafraîchir
• Translator English - Malay: Menyegarkan
• Translator English - German: erfrischen
• Translator English - Japanese: さわやかな気分にする
• Translator English - Korean: 생기를 되찾게 하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Refresh
• Translator English - Vietnamese: làm mới
• Translator English - Tamil: புதுப்பிப்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: रिफ्रेश करा
• Translator English - Turkish: yenileme
• Translator English - Italian: rinfrescare
• Translator English - Polish: odświeżania
• Translator English - Ukrainian: оновити
• Translator English - Romanian: reîmprospătare
• Translator English - Greek: ανανέωσης
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verfris
• Translator English - Swedish: refresh
• Translator English - Norwegian: refresh

10 QUOTES WITH «REFRESH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word refresh.

1

Ernesto Bertarelli

You can't change who you are, but you can change what you have in your head, you can refresh what you're thinking about, you can put some fresh air in your brain.

2

Samuel Daniel

Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.

3

Thomas Dolby

It was supposed to be a year or two just to refresh my batteries, but I moved to Silicon Valley in the early 90's, and one thing let to another, got very involved in high tech, and formed a company and it ended up doing pretty well.

4

Lena Dunham

I refresh Twitter as thoughtlessly as some twirl their hair.

5

John Dykstra

As with sound, images are subjective. You and I may not see the same color red as red, but we will probably agree that the image on the screen is a digital image or film image, based on contrast, bit depth, and refresh rate.

6

Mark Fuhrman

I think you have to look at these cold cases. If they're done properly, if the homicides are done properly, and everything's documented properly, you have a lot of concrete statements from those people that they would be able to look at them and refresh their memory.

7

Jean Paul Gaultier

I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.

8

Mireille Guiliano

Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself.

9

Robert Hass

I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going dead in us all the time.

10

Joe Henderson

This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in a friendly way by running with the watch instead of against it or away from it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFRESH»

Discover the use of refresh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to refresh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

reFresh: Contemporary Vegan Recipes From the Award Winning ...

New in this edition: Over 100 of the latest recipes from the three Fresh restaurants A fresh new design that calls attention to the health benefits of various menu items Information on nutritional supplements that can be incorporated into ...

Ruth Tal, Jennifer Houston, 2012

Refresh, Refresh: Stories

Set in rural Oregon with the shadow of the Cascade Mountains hanging over them, these stories bring you face-to-face with a mad bear, a house with a basement that opens up into a cave, a nuclear meltdown that renders the Pacific Northwest ...

Benjamin Percy, 2010

Refresh Your Garden Design with Color, Texture and Form

Shows how to wake up boring beds, make a cramped garden feel bigger, bring a sense of intimacy to an expansive area, downplay eyesores, create moods ranging from serene to stimulating, add four-seasons interest, decide which plants to keep ...

Rebecca Sweet, 2013

Daily Relaxer: Relax Your Body, Calm Your Mind and Refresh ...

"The Daily Relaxer" distills the best of the best to bring together the most effective and popular techniques for learning how to relax.

Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning, 2006

Refresh Life: Oral Health Is the Missing Piece, Adding Years ...

Add ten years to your life by reading this book. www.refreshrightnow.com

Dan Sindelar, 2011

Refresh and Gladden My Spirit: Prayers and Meditations from ...

A stirring collection of more than 120 prayers and mediations from Baha'i scripture covers such themes as assistance from God, comfort, contentment, difficult times, death, faith, healing, marriage and family life, protection, strength and ...

Pamela Brode, 2002

Refresh: Sharing Stories. Building Faith.

Designed for individual or group study, Refresh appeals to women of all walks of life who are searching for answers to their deepest concerns.

Kathy Escobar, Laura Greiner, 2007

Refresh (For Life) Bible: New Life Version

It's the Bible. It's a book of refreshment, truth, promises, and hope. It's a message of love from God Himself. It's the best-selling book of all time, now in the most readable language of all time. Discover the truth.

Barbour Publishing, 2007

Refresh, Renew, Revive

With practical advice on handling burn-out, strengthening families and dealing with conflict, this book encourages pastors to recapture the wonder of ministry.

H. B. London, 1996

Troubleshooting Oracle Performance

The former specifies how the refresh is done (' c' for complete, 'f for fast, and '?' for force), and the latter specifies whether the refresh is performed in a single transaction. If the parameter atomic_refresh is set to FALSE, no single transaction is ...

Christian Antognini, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFRESH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term refresh is used in the context of the following news items.

Google Panda Update Coming In Upcoming Weeks

Illyes referred to it multiple times as a data refresh, not an algorithmic change. So sites that have been suffering from this algorithm may see a recovery in the ... «Search Engine Land, Jun 15»

O2 holds open 'cat casting' to find next star of Refresh billboard ad

O2 has held a 'cat casting' session to find the next cat to star in an upcoming billboard advert for its latest Pay Monthly Tariff Refresh campaign. The cats were ... «The Drum, Apr 15»

Store Refresh and New Retail Strategy Hits Two Sears Hometown …

"Our newly refreshed and remodeled stores in New Hampshire provide our customers with a much broader assortment of products available from the top ten ... «GlobeNewswire, Apr 15»

LinkedIn Acquires Refresh to Help You Prepare for Your Meetings

LinkedIn has acquired Refresh, a startup that helps people prepare for their meetings by collecting and sharing information on the people they're meeting with. «Re/code, Apr 15»

G-Sync or swim? AMD claims Nvidia gaming tech will ruin your …

AMD's new range starts off with the LG 29UM67 29-inch monitor that has a 2,560 x 1,080 resolution, 48-75Hz refresh rate model and starts at $449 (around £302 ... «TechRadar, Mar 15»

Chrome Beta 41 for Android Adds Pull-to-Refresh in Pages

The update is mostly minor, but does include a new feature that seems like something we could have used long ago – pull-to-refresh at the “top of most pages. «Droid Life, Jan 15»

Google Penguin 3.0: Worldwide Rollout Still In Process, Impacting 1 …

There was some confusion if the Penguin refresh was done rolling out or not. SEOs were wondering why not all sites were impacted yet, they felt the roll out was ... «Search Engine Land, Oct 14»

Google: Penguin Refresh May Come As Early As Next Week

Gary also said that if you disavow bad links now or as of about two weeks ago, it will likely be too late for this next Penguin refresh. But Gary added that the ... «Search Engine Land, Oct 14»

'Rapid refresh' weather model to aid severe storm tracking

A high-resolution “rapid refresh” weather model that helps meteorologists do exactly that became operational at the National Weather Service today after several ... «Washington Post, Sep 14»

IDC: Server refresh cycle propels industry forward in Q2

"The server market is experiencing the beginning of a cyclical refresh cycle as systems deployed shortly after the financial crisis are retired and replaced. «ZDNet, Aug 14»