decayed vs fresh

decayed

adj
  • Having undergone decay, rotted. 

fresh

verb
  • To rebore the barrel of a rifle or shotgun. 

  • To freshen up. 

  • To update. 

  • To pack (fish) loosely on ice. 

  • To flood or dilute an area of salt water with flowing fresh water. 

  • to give birth to a calf. 

  • To become stronger. 

  • To renew. 

adj
  • Invigoratingly cool and refreshing. 

  • Rested; not tired or fatigued. 

  • Without salt; not saline. 

  • In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed. 

  • Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious. 

  • Not dried, frozen, or spoiled. 

  • Newly produced or obtained; recent. 

  • Disobedient or rude, as of a child. 

  • Youthful; florid. 

  • Still green and not dried. 

  • Good, fashionable. 

  • Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward. 

noun
  • A stream or spring of fresh water. 

  • A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood. 

  • The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea. 

adv
  • recently; just recently; most recently 

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