a. | 1. | Early. |
1. | Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; | |
1. | Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; | |
2. | Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found. | |
3. | Thinly scattered; dispersed. | |
4. | Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; |
Adj. | 1. | rare - not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books" |
2. | rare - recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events" | |
3. | rare - not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of gree in the desert" | |
4. | rare - 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" Synonyms: uncommon | |
5. | rare - having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air" | |
6. | rare - (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef" |
RARE - Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne |