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RAREFY
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Irregular inflected form: rarefied
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rarefy ... he / she / it rarefies
Past simple: rarefied
-ing form: rarefying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
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:
Synonyms:
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 of
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)