Fresh vs Lion - What's the difference?
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Newly produced or obtained.
Not cooked, dried, frozen, or spoiled.
(of plant material) Still green and not dried.
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Refreshing or cool.
(of water) Without salt; not saline.
* (?), The World Encompassed , Nicholas Bourne (publisher, 1628),
* 1820 , William Scoresby, An Account of the Arctic Regions , Archibald Constable & Co.,
* 2009 , Adele Pillitteri, Maternal and Child Health Nursing , Sixth Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ISBN 9781582559995,
Rested; not tired or fatigued.
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In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed.
youthful; florid
* Shakespeare
A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
* 1834 , David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (Nebraska, 1987), page 21:
A stream or spring of fresh water.
* Shakespeare
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.
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Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.
Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious.
A big cat, Panthera leo , native to Africa, India and formerly to much of Europe. The term may apply to the species as a whole, to individuals, or to male individuals. It also applies to related species like mountain lions.
# A male lion.
(heraldiccharge) A stylized representation of a large cat, used on a coat of arms.
A Chinese foo dog.
An individual who shows strength and courage, attributes associated with the lion.
* 2003 , Peter Armstrong and Angus McBride, Stirling Bridge & Falkirk 1297–98: William Wallace's Rebellion :
A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.
* Prof. Wilson
* 1919 ,
A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion
As nouns the difference between fresh and lion
is that fresh is a rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood while lion is net, web.As an adjective fresh
is newly produced or obtained or fresh can be rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.As a verb lion is
fill.fresh
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fresch, fersch, from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.
- I seem to make fresh mistakes every time I start writing.
- After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.
- I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm.
- a glass of fresh milk
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
- What a nice fresh breeze.
- After a day at sea it was good to feel the fresh water of the stream.
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- There we made our ?hip fa?t with foure ropes, in ?mooth water, and the fre?h water ranne downe out of the hill into the ?ea,
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- When dissolved, it produces water sometimes perfectly fresh , and sometimes saltish;
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- Additional changes that occur when water enters the lungs depend on whether the water is fresh or salt.
- Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements.
- a fresh hand on a ship
- these fresh nymphs
Synonyms
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* staleDerived terms
* afresh * fresh air * fresh as a daisy * fresh bean * fresh country eggs * fresh breeze * fresh fish * fresh food * fresh frozen plasma * fresh gale * fresh ground/fresh-ground * fresh legs * fresh-new * fresh off the boat * fresh out of * fresh start * fresh water/freshwater * freshen * fresher * freshly * freshman * freshment * freshness * hotter than a fresh fucked fox in a forest fire * refresh * refreshingNoun
(freshes)- They went on very well with their work until it was nigh done, when there came the second epistle to Noah's fresh , and away went their mill, shot, lock, and barrel.
- He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him / Where the quick freshes are.
Etymology 2
1848, US slang, probably from (etyl) . More at (l).Adjective
(er)- No one liked his fresh comments.
- Hey, don't get fresh with me!
Derived terms
* fresher * freshness * get freshSynonyms
* See alsoStatistics
* 1000 English basic wordslion
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Tigers and lions share a common ancestor from a few million years ago.
- It was said of [Edward Plantaganet] that 'he was a lion for pride and ferocity but a pard for inconstancy and changeableness, not keeping his word or promise but excusing himself with fair words'.
- Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion , but a man.
- Rose Waterford was a cynic. She looked upon life as an opportunity for writing novels and the public as her raw material. Now and then she invited members of it to her house if they showed an appreciation of her talent and entertained with proper lavishness. She held their weakness for lions in good-humoured contempt, but played to them her part of the distinguished woman of letters with decorum.