To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to.
To give new freshness or brightness to; restore.
To make cool, clean, or moist; freshen up.
To renew by stimulation: refresh one's memory.
To fill up again; replenish: refresh a drink.
Computer Science To renew (the image on a display screen) by renewing the flow of electrons from the cathode-ray tube: The faster a monitor refreshes images, the less it flickers.
Computer Science To maintain (data in a dynamic RAM) by sending a new electric pulse to recharge the chips.