Dictionary Entry
rarefy
rarefy is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.
- 2intransitive verb
To become less dense; to become thin and porous.
- 3verb
weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
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- 4verb
make more subtle or refined
- 5verb
lessen the density or solidity of
"The bones are rarefied"
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