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rarefy as a verb: - 1
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rarefied
adjective
1 rarefied
Having low density:
— Lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air.
synonyms: rare, rarified.
Roget 322:
rare,
subtile,
thin,
fine,
tenuous,
compressible,
flimsy,
slight;
light
etc.
320;
cavernous,
spongy
etc.
(hollow)
252.
rarefied
etc.
v.;
unsubstantial;
uncompact†,
incompressed†;
rarefiable†.
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2 rarefied
Moby thesaurus: adulterated, air-built, airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, chimerical, clannish, cliquish, cloud-built, cut, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, dilute, diluted, dreamlike, elevated, esoteric, ethereal, exalted, exclusive, fanciful, fatuitous, fatuous, fine, fine-drawn, finespun, flimsy, frail, gaseous, gauzy, girlish, gossamer, gossamery, gracile, high, illusory, imaginary, insubstantial, lacy, lean, light, lofty, misty, noble, papery, phantomlike, private, rare, reduced, scant, scanty, select, shadowy, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, sparse, spirituous, sublime, subtile, subtle, svelte, sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinned, thinned-out, thinnish, threadlike, uncompact, uncompressed, unreal, unsubstantial, vague, vaporous, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, windy, wiredrawn, wispy ... show more.
rarefy
verb
1 rarefy
Lessen the density or solidity of.
Roget 194:
become larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
widen,
enlarge,
extend,
grow,
increase,
incrassate†,
swell,
gather;
fill out;
deploy,
take open order,
dilate,
stretch,
distend,
spread;
mantle,
wax;
grow up,
spring up;
bud,
bourgeon [Fr.],
shoot,
sprout,
germinate,
put forth,
vegetate,
pullulate,
open,
burst forth;
gain flesh,
gather flesh;
outgrow;
spread like wildfire,
overrun.
be larger than;
surpass
etc.
(be superior)
33.
render larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
spread,
extend,
aggrandize,
distend,
develop,
amplify,
spread out,
widen,
magnify,
rarefy,
inflate,
puff,
blow up,
stuff,
pad,
cram;
exaggerate;
fatten.
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2 rarefy
3 rarefy
Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance).
synonym: attenuate.
Dutch: ontkrachten, temperen, verdunnen, verzachten, afzwakken, verzwakken
Moby thesaurus: add to, adulterate, aggrandize, amplify, attenuate, augment, baptize, bloat, blow up, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, crescendo, cut, dematerialize, develop, dilate, dilute, disembody, distend, emacerate, emaciate, enervate, enlarge, etherealize, expand, extend, hike, hike up, huff, increase, inflate, irrigate, magnify, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, raise, reduce, sap, spiritualize, stretch, subtilize, sufflate, swell, thin, thin away, thin down, thin out, up, water, water down, weaken, widen ... show more.
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