rare /rɛər/
1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
synset: rare
2. recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
synset: rare
3. not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
synset: rare
4. having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
synset: rare, rarefied, rarified
5. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"
synset: rare
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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