English edit

Verb edit

freshening

  1. present participle and gerund of freshen

Noun edit

freshening (plural freshenings)

  1. The act by which something is freshened.
    • 2008 February 10, Lawrence Ulrich, “Tasty Morsels on a Limited Menu”, in New York Times[1]:
      Many announcements in Chicago offered little more than cosmetic freshenings, updates that might serve dealers and customers well but didn’t exactly set off show fireworks.