refresh

refresh
UK [rɪˈfreʃ] / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "refresh":
present tense I/you/we/they refresh he/she/it refreshes present participle refreshing past tense refreshed past participle refreshed
1) to make you feel that you have more energy again, especially when you are tired or hot
2) to make something look or feel fresher or brighter

Refresh your face with some cologne.

3) computing if you refresh an Internet document in which information is changing all the time, you click on a button that makes the most recent information appear

English dictionary. 2014.

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