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rare - 7 definitions

- verb
1. rare, rared -- to be enthusiastic
synonyms: rared, rarer, rares, rarest, geason, seeld, seld
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
2. rare -- not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. rare -- recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. rare -- not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
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5. rare -- having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
synonyms: rarefied, rarified
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. rare -- marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
synonyms: uncommon
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. rare -- (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
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