Rare

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Infrequently occurring; uncommon: a rare event; a plant that is rare in this region.
  • adj. Excellent; extraordinary: a rare sense of honor.
  • adj. Thin in density: rarefied: rare air.
  • adj. Cooked just a short time so as to retain juice and redness: a rare steak.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).
  • adj. Very uncommon; scarce.
  • adj. thin; of low density
  • v. To rear, rise up, start backwards.
  • v. To rear, bring up, raise.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Early.
  • adj. Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone.
  • adj. Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual.
  • adj. Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found.
  • adj. Thinly scattered; dispersed.
  • adj. Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Thin; porous; not dense; of slight consistence; rarefied; having relatively little matter in a given volume: as, a rare substance; the rare atmosphere of high mountains.
  • Thinly scattered; coming or occurring at wide intervals; sparse; dispersed.
  • Very uncommon or infrequent; seldom occurring or to be found; hardly ever met with.
  • Hence Remarkable from uncommonness; especially, uncommonly good, excellent, valuable, fine, or the like; of an excellence seldom met with.
  • Synonyms Rare, Scarce, infrequent, unusual. Rare implies that only few of the kind exist: as, perfect diamonds are rare. Scarce properly implies a previous or usual condition of greater abundance. Rare, means that there are much fewer of a kind to be found than may be found where scarce would apply.
  • Singular, extraordinary, incomparable, choice.
  • Not thoroughly cooked; partly cooked; underdone: applied to meat: as, rare beef; a rare chop.
  • Early.
  • A dialectal form of rear.
  • An obsolete form of roar.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
  • adj. not widely distributed
  • adj. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
  • adj. having low density
  • adj. recurring only at long intervals
  • adj. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
  • Equivalent
    raw    scarce    uncommon    thin    infrequent    extraordinary   
    Cross Reference
    unusual    infrequent   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Early    underdone    uncommon    incomparable    unusual    singular    extraordinary    infrequent    scarce    dispersed   
    Rhyme
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    Adair    Aer    Altair    Astaire    Ayre    Baer    Bear    Blair    Cher    Clair   
    Same Context
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    wonderful    extraordinary    brilliant    unique