refresh

Everyday

1. To refresh means to make someone feel less tired or hot, and more lively again. tree →
2. To refresh a web page or screen means to load it again so it shows the newest version. tree →
3. To refresh your memory means to remind yourself of something. tree →

In the lessons

Everyday life: a cold drink or a swim refreshes you on a hot day. Computing: press refresh to reload a page. Learning: revise to refresh your memory before a test. Phrases: refresh the page, refresh your memory, feel refreshed, a refreshing drink.

Examples

• A glass of cold water will refresh you. tree →
• Refresh the page to see the new scores. tree →
• Let me refresh your memory: we read this chapter last week. tree →
• I felt refreshed after a nap. tree →
• The cool breeze refreshed the hikers. tree →
• The teacher refreshed the board with new questions. tree →

Note

He refreshes (-es after sh). Adjective «refreshing» = pleasantly new or cooling; noun «refreshments» = snacks and drinks. re- means again: make fresh again.

In Jewish tradition

In Samuel and Kings, the weary king and the prophet are offered food and rest to refresh themselves. In the Song of Songs, the love-sick speaker asks to be refreshed with apples.

Interpretation. Shabbat rest is for everyone including servants, strangers and animals; the word's root is linked to nefesh, the soul or breath. Tradition sees refreshing as restoring the whole person, body and soul.

Examples

• Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. (Torah EXO.23.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• It derives from the root נפ״שׁ NPSh, having to do with breathing, refreshing, and resting; its etymological relationships with curiously similar roots like נשׁ״ם NShM ‘to breathe, pant’, נשׁ״ף NShP ‘to blow’, and נשׁ״ב NShB ‘to blow’ are unclear. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.' (Writings SNG.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there. (Prophets 2SA.16.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the king said unto the man of God: 'Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.' (Prophets 1KI.13.7, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

He refreshes (-es after sh). Adjective «refreshing» = pleasantly new or cooling; noun «refreshments» = snacks and drinks. re- means again: make fresh again.