Rarefy

Definitions: Rarefy

Rarefy

Verb

1. Lessen the density or solidity (of a substance); "The bones are rarefied".

2. Make more subtle or refined.

3. Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rarefy" was first used: 14th century. (references)

Synonyms: Rarefy

Expansion

Render larger; (large; ); expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram; exaggerate; fatten.

Rarity

Verb: rarefy, expand, dilate, subtilize.

Crosswords: Rarefy

Albanian

rralloj (thin), rrallohem, rafinoj (polish, rectify, refine), pastroj (abrade, char, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear up, defecate, depurate, deterge, eliminate, grub, gut, lustrate, pick, purge, rectify, refine, scavenge, scour, scrub, sweep, try), krijoj vakum, bëhem më i rralluar. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تخلخل (rarity, toss), ‏خلخل (dislocate), ‏جعله أكثر روحانية. (various references)

Bulgarian 

разреждам (attenuate, dilute, qualify, reduce, space, water down), разредявам (thin out), пречиствам (baptize, defecate, filtrate, purify, rectify, scavenge, scrub, spiritualize, sublimate, subtilize), префинвам. (various references)

Czech

rozředit (dilute, water down), zjemnit (refine, soften). (various references)

Dutch

verspreiden (advertise, dilute, disperse, publicize, spread, thin), verdunnen (adulterate, attenuate, dilute, disperse, thin). (various references)

Esperanto

malkoncentri (dilute, disperse, thin). (various references)

Farsi 

منبسطکردن (Expand, Explode, Extend, Stretch), تصفیه کردن (Accommodate, Accord, Administer, Establish, Purify, Refine, Smelt, Urbanize). (various references)

French

raréfier, se raréfier. (various references)

German

verdünnen (attenuate, dilute, thin, thin down, to dilute, water, water down, weaken), exclusiv machen. (various references)

Greek 

καθαρίζω (absterge, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, clear out, clear up, defecate, finish up, flux, furbish, net, peel, purge, purify, scavenge, scour, to clean, to skin, wash away), αραιώνω (ace, dilute, grout, lead, liquid fill, space, space out, thin, white out). (various references)

Hebrew 

לקלוש (thin out), לזכך (purify, sublimate), ל�"לל (dilute, thin, water down), ל�"בלל (ruffle, thin out). (various references)

Hungarian

ritkul (grow thinner, to attenuate, to rarefy, to taper), ritkít (Interspace, to attenuate, to rarefy, to set out, to space, to thin), hígít (attenuate, dilute, extenuate, to dilute, to extenuate, to slack, to thin, to water, to weaken, water down). (various references)

Indonesian

menjernihkan (clarify, defecate, disincline), menjarangkan, menipiskan. (various references)

Italian

rarefare. (various references)

Manx

thannaghey (attenuate, bed in; thinning, cracking up of oil; shoal of waters, cracking up; shoal of waters, dilute, dilution, emaciate, liquefy, rarefaction, rarefying, reduce, reduction, shallow, slenderize, slim, thin). (various references)

Pig Latin

arefyray.(various references)

Portuguese

rarefazer-se, rarefazer (attenuate), sutilizar (subtilize), purificar (chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, defecate, depurate, distill, distillate, elvish, fine, purge, purify, reconcile, rectify, refine, scrub, sweeten, wash), expandir-se (enlarge, expand, expatiate), espiritualizar (spiritualize), aperfeiçoar (accomplish, ameliorate, amend, better, complete, finish, improve, mature, melioration, perfect, refine, retouch, ripen, smooth). (various references)

Romanian

rarefia (attenuate), rãri (dilute, open), se rarefia, cizela (brush, carve, chasten, chisel, engrave, file, hew out, polish). (various references)

Russian 

разрежать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razrediti (attenuate, dilute, thin). (various references)

Spanish

enrarecerse (become rarefied), enrarecer. (various references)

Swedish

förtunna (attenuate, dilute, thin). (various references)

Thai

เบาบาง, ทำให้เบาบาง, ทำให้หายาก. (various references)

Turkish

seyreltmek (adulterate, attenuate, cut, dilute, subtilize, thin down, thin of, thin out), seyrelmek (thin, thin down, thin of, thin out), arıtmak (clarify, clean, convert, defecate, depurate, expurgate, fine, fine down, isolate, purify, refine, smelt). (various references)

Ukranian 

розріджуватися, розріджувати (dissolve, exhaust), робити витонченим, очищати (alcoholize, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, defecate, depurate, deterge, fine, outwash, purge, purify, rectify, refine, scale, weed). (various references)

rarefacere. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "rarefy": rarefying. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Rarefy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Raheny, rarety, rarey, rarf, rarfer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: faery, farer, ferry, fryer, refry, yarer.

-2 letters: aery, eyra, fare, fear, frae, fray, rare, rear, yare, year.

-3 letters: are, arf, aye, ear, era, err, far, fay, fer, fey, fry, ray, ref, rya, rye, yar, yea.

-4 letters: ae, ar, ay, ef, er, fa, re, ya, ye.

+1 letter: forayer.

+2 letters: affrayer, defrayer, farriery, ferryman, forayers, foreyard, funerary, wayfarer.

+3 letters: affrayers, defrayers, ferryboat, foreyards, prayerful, prefatory, rarefying, wayfarers.

+4 letters: ferryboats, fraternity, preferably, refractory.

+5 letters: farkleberry, fragmentary, fraternally, freemasonry, irrefutably, prayerfully, reformatory, regardfully.

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