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# refresh

verb (refresh, refreshes, refreshed, refreshing); noun (a refresh — reloading a page)

«refresh» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To refresh means to make someone feel less tired or hot, and more lively again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refresh/#m1)
2. To refresh a web page or screen means to load it again so it shows the newest version. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refresh/#m2)
3. To refresh your memory means to remind yourself of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refresh/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refresh/#x1)
- Refresh the page to see the new scores. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refresh/#x2)
- Let me refresh your memory: we read this chapter last week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refresh/#x3)
- I felt refreshed after a nap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refresh/#x4)
- The cool breeze refreshed the hikers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refresh/#x5)
- The teacher refreshed the board with new questions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refresh/#x6)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refresh/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refresh/#x2)
- 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.' (Writings SNG.2.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refresh/#x3)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refresh/#x4)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refresh/#x5)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «refresh» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refresh/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«refresh» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/refresh.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «refresh» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refresh/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«refresh» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/refresh.html) on Mova free.