Pronunciation Adjective
rare (comparative rarer, superlative rarest)
- Very uncommon; scarce.
- Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable.
- Synonyms: scarce, selcouth, seld, seldsome, selly, geason, uncommon, Thesaurus:rare
- Antonyms: common, frequent, Thesaurus:common
- (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
- French: rare, peu commun
- German: selten, rar
- Italian: raro
- Portuguese: raro
- Russian: ре́дкий
- Spanish: escaso, raro
rare (comparative rarer, superlative rarest)
- (cooking, particularly meats) Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).
- New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care / Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare.
- Antonyms: well done
- French: saignant
- German: blutig, englisch
- Italian: al sangue
- Portuguese: mal passado
- Russian: непрожа́ренный
- Spanish: crudo, poco hecho
rare (rares, present participle raring; past and past participle rared)
- (US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 328:
- Frank pretended to rare back as if bedazzled, shielding his eyes with a forearm.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 328:
- (US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.
rare
- (obsolete) early
- Rude mechanicals that rare and late / Work in the market place.
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