fresh vs now

fresh

adj
  • Good, fashionable. 

  • 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. 

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

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. 

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 

now

adj
  • Fashionable; popular; up to date; current. 

  • Present; current. 

conj
  • Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that. 

noun
  • The state of not paying attention to the future or the past. 

  • The present time. 

  • A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant. 

intj
  • Indicates a signal to begin. 

adv
  • Used to indicate a context of urgency. 

  • Sometimes; occasionally. 

  • Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. (In this usage, now is usually emphasized). 

  • At the present time. 

  • Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke. 

  • At the time reached within a narration. 

  • Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times. 

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