rarefy

English

Alternative forms

rarify

Etymology

From Middle English rarefien, from Old French rarefier (French raréfier), from Latin rarefacere (“make rare”). Surface etymology is rare +‎ -fy.

Verb

rarefy (third-person singular simple present rarefies, present participle rarefying, simple past and past participle rarefied)

To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense
To expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to.

Synonyms

stretch

Antonyms

condense

Translations

to make rare etc.

Bengali: তরল বা পাতলা করা (tôrôlô ba patôla kôra)
Bulgarian: разреждам (bg) (razreždam)
Finnish: harventaa (fi), ohentaa (fi)
German: verdünnen (de), evakuieren (de), rarefizieren, verfeinern (de), selektieren (de), ausdünnen, expandieren (de)
Maori: whakaonge
Polish: rozcieńczać (pl) impf, rozcieńczyć (pl) pf, rozrzedzać impf, rozrzedzić pf
Romanian: rarefia (ro)
Russian: разрежа́ть (ru) (razrežátʹ)
Slovene: razredčiti
Spanish: rarificar (es)
Swedish: förtunna

to enlarge without adding new matter

Bulgarian: раздувам (bg) (razduvam)
Finnish: harventaa (fi), ohentaa (fi)
German: aufblasen (de), verlängern (de), expandieren (de)
Polish: rafinować (pl) impf, zrafinować pf

Anagrams

Frayer, Frayre, fayrer