Rarefy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make thin, less compact, or less dense.
  • v. To purify or refine.
  • verb-intransitive. To become thin or less compact or dense.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense
  • v. To expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.
  • verb-intransitive. To become less dense; to become thin and porous.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; expand or enlarge without adding any new matter; figuratively, to spread or stretch out; distend: opposed to condense.
  • To become rare; pass into a thinner or less dense condition.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. lessen the density or solidity of
  • v. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
  • v. make more subtle or refined
    • Antonym
    condense   
    Verb Form
    rarefied    rarefies    rarefying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change    modify    alter    weaken   
    Cross Reference
    rarefying osteitis   
    Variant
    rarefied   
    Form
    rarefied    rarefying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    purify    thing    stretch   
     
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