refresh

«refresh» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to make someone feel less tired or hot, and more lively… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) To refresh means to make someone feel less tired or hot, and more lively again. tree →

2) To refresh a web page or screen means to load it again so it shows the newest version. tree →

3) To refresh your memory means to remind yourself of something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

• 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 →
• 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 →
• 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.' (Writings SNG.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• 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 →
• 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 →
• A glass of cold water will refresh you. tree →
• Refresh the page to see the new scores. tree →
• Let me refresh your memory: we read this chapter last week. tree →
• I felt refreshed after a nap. tree →
• The cool breeze refreshed the hikers. tree →
• The teacher refreshed the board with new questions. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there.
• 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.'
• A short nap of about 20 minutes early in the afternoon can refresh you; a long late nap makes night sleep harder.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «refresh» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.