Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of freshen
nounfreshening (plural freshenings)
plural freshenings
- The act by which something is freshened.
Many announcements in Chicago offered little more than cosmetic freshenings, updates that might serve dealers and customers well but didn’t exactly set off show fireworks.
2008 February 10, Lawrence Ulrich, “Tasty Morsels on a Limited Menu”, in New York Times
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APA
freshening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freshening
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“freshening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freshening. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freshening,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freshening.
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