"rarefy" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɛəɹəˌfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rarefy.wav Forms: rarefies [present, singular, third-person], rarefying [participle, present], rarefied [participle, past], rarefied [past]
Etymology: From Middle English rarefien, from Old French rarefier (French raréfier), from Latin rarefacere (“make rare”). By surface analysis, rare + -fy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rarefien}} Middle English rarefien, {{der|en|fro|rarefier}} Old French rarefier, {{der|en|la|rarefacere||make rare}} Latin rarefacere (“make rare”), {{surf|en|rare|-fy}} By surface analysis, rare + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} rarefy (third-person singular simple present rarefies, present participle rarefying, simple past and past participle rarefied)
  1. (transitive) To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense. Tags: transitive Translations (to make rare etc.): разрэ́джваць (razrédžvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), разрэ́дзіць (razrédzicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), তরল বা পাতলা করা (torol ba patola kora) (Bengali), разреждам (razreždam) (Bulgarian), harventaa (Finnish), ohentaa (Finnish), verdünnen (German), evakuieren (German), rarefizieren (German), verfeinern (German), selektieren (German), ausdünnen (German), expandieren (German), whakaonge (Maori), rozcieńczać [imperfective] (Polish), rozcieńczyć [perfective] (Polish), rozrzedzać [imperfective] (Polish), rozrzedzić [perfective] (Polish), rarefia (Romanian), разрежа́ть (razrežátʹ) (Russian), разреди́ть (razredítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), razredčiti (Slovene), rarificar (Spanish), förtunna (Swedish), розрі́джувати (rozrídžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розріди́ти (rozridýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-rarefy-en-verb-YLTTPAgJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -fy: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'to make rare etc.': 58 42
  2. (intransitive) To become rare, thin or less dense. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-rarefy-en-verb-Mz1rRPbj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -fy: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stretch, rarify Related terms: rarefaction Translations (to enlarge without adding new matter): раздувам (razduvam) (Bulgarian), harventaa (Finnish), ohentaa (Finnish), aufblasen (German), verlängern (German), expandieren (German), rafinować [imperfective] (Polish), zrafinować [perfective] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'to enlarge without adding new matter': 48 52

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bengali translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "rarefien"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English rarefien",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "rarefier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French rarefier",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "rarefacere",
        "4": "",
        "5": "make rare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin rarefacere (“make rare”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rare",
        "3": "-fy"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, rare + -fy",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English rarefien, from Old French rarefier (French raréfier), from Latin rarefacere (“make rare”). By surface analysis, rare + -fy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rarefies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rarefying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rarefied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rarefied",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "rarefaction"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1815, A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account ... by Charles Hutton ... vol. 1[-2], page 56:",
          "text": "By means of this gauge, Mr. Smeaton judged that his machine was incomparably better than any former one, as it seemed to rarefy the air in the receiver 1000, or even 2000 times, while the best of these only rarefied it about 140[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rare",
          "rare"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "porous",
          "porous"
        ],
        [
          "dense",
          "dense"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1916, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, Bulletin, page 293:",
          "text": "For if The^([sic]) water rarefies and then Condenses, all that great mass of water of the Lake of the Ilinois rises in its vast basin when it rarefies, and falls when it condenses. And, as water always rises as much as it falls, it would[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, John C. Malone, Psychology: Pythagoras to Present, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 28:",
          "text": "As water rarefies, it evaporates, forming visible steam, and this may be a step toward the final category of reality, fire. Anyone who has held a hand over a boiling kettle may feel the truth of this.[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 November 29, Peta Morton, Ancient Teachings for Modern Times: The Way To a Rich and Deeply Satisfying Life, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Given the high quantity of water molecules in the human body it is worthy of note at this point that moisture rarefies when heated.[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become rare, thin or less dense."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become rare, thin or less dense."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛəɹəˌfaɪ/"
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "stretch"
    },
    {
      "word": "rarify"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "razrédžvacʹ",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разрэ́джваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "razrédzicʹ",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разрэ́дзіць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "torol ba patola kora",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "তরল বা পাতলা করা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razreždam",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "разреждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "harventaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "ohentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "verdünnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "evakuieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "rarefizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "verfeinern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "selektieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "ausdünnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "expandieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "whakaonge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozcieńczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozcieńczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozrzedzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozrzedzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "rarefia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrežátʹ",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "разрежа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razredítʹ",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разреди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "razredčiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "rarificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "word": "förtunna"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozrídžuvaty",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "розрі́джувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozridýty",
      "sense": "to make rare etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розріди́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razduvam",
      "sense": "to enlarge without adding new matter",
      "word": "раздувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to enlarge without adding new matter",
      "word": "harventaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to enlarge without adding new matter",
      "word": "ohentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enlarge without adding new matter",
      "word": "aufblasen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enlarge without adding new matter",
      "word": "verlängern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enlarge without adding new matter",
      "word": "expandieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to enlarge without adding new matter",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rafinować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to enlarge without adding new matter",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zrafinować"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rarefy"
}

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