refresh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To renew or revitalize.
To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
To take refreshment; to eat or drink.

noun

The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
The process of modernizing something.

Pronunciation

/ɹiˈfɹɛʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-refresh.wav /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/ en-us-refresh.ogg en-us-refresh.oga /ˈrifrɛʃ/ /rɪˈfrɛʃ/ /ˈrɛfrɛʃ/

Word forms

refresh refreshes refreshing refreshed

Etymology

From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- + fresh.

Derived words

autorefresh refreshable refreshaholic refresher refreshful refresh someone's memory adaptive tile refresh refresh rate

Translations

Finnish: virkistää Greek: ανανεώνω Spanish: refrescar

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