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English to English adjective
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Early. |  | source: webster1913
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Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton. | | source: webster1913
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Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness | | Example: a rare word
rare books
source: wordnet30
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recurring only at long intervals | | Example: a rare appearance
total eclipses are rare events
source: wordnet30
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not widely distributed | | Example: rare herbs
rare patches of green in the desert
source: wordnet30
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having low density | | Example: rare gasses
lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
source: wordnet30
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marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind | | Example: what is so rare as a day in June
a rare skill
an uncommon sense of humor
she was kind to an uncommon degree
source: wordnet30
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(of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside | | Example: rare roast beef
source: wordnet30
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