fresh
adj.adj. newly made, picked, or gathered so it is still in good condition. You use this for food that is not old, frozen, or dried.
adj. recently produced, harvested, or prepared; not preserved by freezing, canning, or drying. In its slang register, it describes something stylish, new, or impressive.
I always buy fresh bread from the bakery in the morning.
The chef insists on using fresh herbs rather than dried ones to ensure the sauce has the best flavor.
While the supermarket offers convenience, the local farmers' market remains the preferred source for fresh produce harvested within hours of being sold to the public.
From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective. Cognate with Scots fresch (“fresh”), West Frisian farsk (“fresh”), Dutch vers (“fresh”), Walloon frexh (“fresh”), German frisch (“fresh”), French frais (“fresh”), Norwegian and Danish frisk (“fresh”), fersk, Icelandic ferskur (“fresh”), Lithuanian prėskas (“unflavoured, tasteless, fresh”), Russian пре́сный (présnyj, “sweet, fresh, unleavened, tasteless”). Doublet of fresco and frisk. Slang sense possibly shortened form of “fresh out the pack”, 1980s routine by Grand Wizzard Theodore.
First use appears c. 1848, US slang, probably from German frech (“impudent, cheeky, insolent”), from Middle High German vrech (“bold, brave, lively”), from Old High German freh (“greedy, eager, avaricious, covetous”), from Proto-West Germanic frek, from Proto-Germanic frekaz (“greedy, outrageous, courageous, capable, active”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- (“to be quick, twitch, sprinkle, splash”). Cognate with Old English frec (“greedy; eager, bold, daring; dangerous”) and Danish fræk (“naughty”). More at freak.
Commonly used to modify nouns related to food, air, or water; can also describe a new or different approach to a problem.