rare

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɹɛə/
• (Irish) IPA: [ɹɜɹ]
• (America) IPA: /ɹɛəɹ/

Adjective

rare (comparative rarer, superlative rarest)

1. 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

2. (of a gas) Thin; of low density.

Related terms

• rarity

Translations

• French: rare, peu commun
• German: selten, rar
• Italian: raro
• Portuguese: raro
• Russian: ре́дкий
• Spanish: escaso, raro

Translations

• German: verdünnt
• Portuguese: rarefeito
• Russian: разрежённый

Adjective

rare (comparative rarer, superlative rarest)

1. (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

Translations

• French: saignant
• German: blutig, englisch
• Italian: al sangue
• Portuguese: mal passado
• Russian: непрожа́ренный
• Spanish: crudo, poco hecho

Verb

rare (rares, present participle raring; past and past participle rared)

1. (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.

2. (US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.

Adjective

rare

1. (obsolete) early

   • Rude mechanicals that rare and late / Work in the market place.

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