[{"word":"freshening","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To become fresh.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of wind) To become stronger.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make fresh.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to freshen water, fish, or flesh"},{"definition":"To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to freshen a hawse"},{"definition":"To top up (a drink).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To top up (primer) in a firearm.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which something is freshened.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/freshen","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/freshening"]}]