rarefy
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
rarefy
- /ˈɹɛəɹəˌfaɪ/
Where it comes from
From Middle English rarefien, from Old French rarefier (French raréfier), from Latin rarefacere (“make rare”). By surface analysis, rare + -fy.
verb rarefies · rarefying · rarefied · rarify
- To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense. 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[…]
- To become rare, thin or less dense. 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[…]
Thesaurus
Translations
Every language
verb to make rare etc.
| Español | rarificar, enrarecer, rarefacer, rarear |
|---|---|
| Português | rarefazer |
| Français | raréfier |
| Deutsch | verdünnen, evakuieren, rarefizieren, verfeinern, selektieren, ausdünnen |
| Italiano | rarefare |
| Română | rarefia |
| Русский | разрежа́ть razrežátʹ, разреди́ть razredítʹ |
verb to enlarge without adding new matter
| Español | rarear, rarificarse, enrarecer, rarefacerse |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | aufblasen, verlängern, expandieren |
Talk about this word "rarefy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rarefy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rarefy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rarefy "rarefy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rarefy.Cite this
@misc{rarefy_2026,
title = {rarefy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rarefy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
