refresh
/rɪˈfreʃ/verb
उच्चारण रिफ़्रेश
ताज़गी देना
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as synonym
- 1
[T] ~ sb/yourself
to make somebody feel less tired or less hot
ताज़गी देना
- A short walk will refresh you.
- A cold glass of lemon water will refresh you after the long walk.
- A cool shower will refresh you after the journey.
+ 2 more examples
- The breeze refreshed the tired travellers.
- A cup of tea refreshes me in the afternoon.
Synonyms revive invigorate energize revitalize restore
- 2
[T] ~ sth
to remind somebody of something; to get the latest information on a computer screen
याद ताज़ा करना; (स्क्रीन) रीफ़्रेश करना
- Let me refresh your memory.
- Refresh the page.
- Let me refresh your memory about what happened last time.
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- Refresh the screen to see the latest score.
- He kept refreshing the website to check the result.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
refresh + oneself / somebody
'Refresh' is transitive. To say you made yourself feel better, use a reflexive pronoun: 'refresh yourself'.
'Refresh' सकर्मक है। अपने आपको तरोताज़ा करने के लिए reflexive pronoun लगाते हैं: 'refresh yourself'।
- Radhika splashed her face to refresh herself.
- A cold drink will refresh you.
refresh somebody's memory
This idiom means to remind someone of facts they have partly forgotten.
यह idiom किसी को उन तथ्यों की याद दिलाने को बताता है जो उसे आंशिक रूप से भूल गए हों।
- Let me refresh your memory about last week's lesson.
- He read his notes to refresh his memory.
refresh + page / screen (computing)
In computing, to refresh a page is to reload it to show the latest content. It can also be used without an object.
Computing में page को refresh करने का अर्थ है उसे दोबारा load करना ताकि नया content दिखे।
- Refresh the page to see the result.
- The screen refreshes every minute.
refresher course / refreshments
A refresher course renews old knowledge. 'Refreshments' are light food and drinks, always plural.
Refresher course पुराने ज्ञान को नया करता है। 'Refreshments' हल्का खाना और पेय हैं, हमेशा बहुवचन।
- Teachers attended a refresher course.
- Tea and refreshments will be served.
+Collocations 4
refresh + noun
memorythe pageyour mindthe screenyourselfyour skills
- A short walk can refresh your mind between study sessions.
adverb + refresh
quicklyautomaticallyregularlycompletelygently
- The page refreshes automatically every five seconds.
refresh + noun (course)
refresher courserefresher trainingrefresher classrefresher session
- The bank sent its clerks to a refresher course.
refresh + particle
freshen uprefresh withrefresh from
- He refreshed himself with a glass of nimbu pani.
“More examples 5
- A cool breeze refreshed the tired travellers.
ठंडी हवा ने थके हुए यात्रियों को तरोताज़ा कर दिया।
- I need to refresh my knowledge of tenses before the exam.
परीक्षा से पहले मुझे tenses का अपना ज्ञान ताज़ा करना है।
- Press F5 to refresh the browser.
browser को refresh करने के लिए F5 दबाइए।
- After the long journey, she went to refresh herself.
लंबी यात्रा के बाद वह तरोताज़ा होने चली गई।
- The teacher refreshed our memory with a quick revision.
शिक्षक ने संक्षिप्त revision से हमारी याददाश्त ताज़ा की।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ I went to the washroom to refresh.
✓ I went to the washroom to refresh myself.
'Refresh' is transitive and needs an object, here 'myself'.
'Refresh' सकर्मक है और इसे object चाहिए, यहाँ 'myself'।
✗ I need to refresh up before the interview.
✓ I need to freshen up before the interview.
The phrasal verb for washing and tidying is 'freshen up', not 'refresh up'.
हाथ-मुँह धोकर तैयार होने के लिए phrasal verb 'freshen up' है, 'refresh up' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all renew something, but they apply to different things.
ये क्रियाएँ सभी किसी चीज़ को नया करती हैं, पर अलग-अलग चीज़ों पर लागू होती हैं।
To make someone or something fresher, or reload a screen.
किसी को या किसी चीज़ को ताज़ा करना, या screen दोबारा load करना।
- Refresh the page.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the revive words together: refresh, revive, invigorate, rejuvenate (make younger or more lively), revitalize.
ताज़गी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: refresh, revive, invigorate, rejuvenate (युवा या अधिक जीवंत बनाना), revitalize।
§Grammar and usage
The adjective refreshing means pleasantly new or different ('a refreshing change') or making you feel less tired; refreshments are drinks and snacks at a meeting.
Adjective refreshing का अर्थ सुखद रूप से नया या भिन्न ('a refreshing change') या थकान मिटाने वाला है; refreshments बैठक में दिए जाने वाले पेय और नाश्ता हैं।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Refresh your memory (remind yourself), refresher course (a short course to update skills).
Collocations: refresh your memory (स्वयं को याद दिलाना), refresher course (कौशल अद्यतन करने का छोटा पाठ्यक्रम)।