freshen

verb

1. 1

   To become fresh.

2. 2

   (of wind) To become stronger.

3. 3

   (of a cow) To begin or resume giving milk, especially after calving; to cause to resume giving milk.

4. 4

   To make fresh.

5. 5

   To give redness to (the face or cheeks of a person with light skin).

6. 6

   To make less salty; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients.

   “to freshen water, fish, or flesh”

7. 7

   To relieve, as a rope, by change of place where friction wears it; or to renew, as the material used to prevent chafing.

   “to freshen a hawse”

8. 8

   To top up (a drink).

9. 9

   To top up (primer) in a firearm.