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English Dictionary: rarefied |
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rarebit
n 1: cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast [syn:
{Welsh rarebit}, {Welsh rabbit}, {rarebit}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- rarefied
- adj
- having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the
rarefied mountain air"
Synonym(s): rare, rarefied, rarified
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
Synonym(s): exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- rarified
- adj
- having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the
rarefied mountain air"
Synonym(s): rare, rarefied, rarified
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
Synonym(s): exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- rear of tube
- n
- opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets
can be loaded
Synonym(s): breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Rarebit \Rare"bit\, n.
A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See {Welsh rabbit}, under
{Rabbit}.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Rarefy \Rar"e*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rarefied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Rarefying}.] [F. rar[82]fier; L. rarus rare + -ficare (in
comp.) to make; cf. L. rarefacere. See {-fy}.]
To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or
enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; --
opposed to condense.
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