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    RAREFY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: rarefied  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they rarefy  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it rarefies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: rarefied  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: rarefied  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: rarefying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)play

    Synonyms:

    attenuate; rarefy

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "rarefy" is one way to...):

    weaken (lessen the strength of)

    Domain category:

    chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    rarefaction (a decrease in the density of something)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Make more subtle or refinedplay

    Synonyms:

    rarefy; sublimate; subtilize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "rarefy" is one way to...):

    alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Lessen the density or solidity ofplay

    Example:

    The bones are rarefied

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "rarefy" is one way to...):

    alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    rarefaction (a decrease in the density of something)

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