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rare
adjective
-
rare
,
rarer
,
rarest
not
happening
,
seen
,
or
found
very
often
•
Finding
a
four-leaf
clover
is
rare
,
so
people
believe
it
brings
good
luck
.
Finding
a
four-leaf
clover
is
rare
,
so
people
believe
it
brings
good
luck
.
•
It's
rare
to
see
snow
covering
the
palm
trees
of
this
desert
city
.
It's
rare
to
see
snow
covering
the
palm
trees
of
this
desert
city
.
From
Latin
‘
rarus
’
meaning
‘
thinly
sown
,
uncommon
’.
adjective
-
rare
,
rarer
,
rarest
(
of
meat
)
cooked
for
only
a
short
time
so
the
inside
remains
red
and
juicy
•
Mark
ordered
his
steak
rare
at
the
fancy
restaurant
.
Mark
ordered
his
steak
rare
at
the
fancy
restaurant
.
•
She
prefers
her
burgers
rare
,
still
pink
in
the
middle
.
She
prefers
her
burgers
rare
,
still
pink
in
the
middle
.
Adapts
the
general
sense
of
‘
rare
’
to
cooking
in
the
19th
century
,
referring
to
meat
not
fully
cooked
.
adjective
-
rare
,
rarer
,
rarest
(
of
air
or
gas
)
thin
;
having
low
density
•
At
high
altitudes
,
the
air
becomes
rare
,
making
breathing
harder
.
At
high
altitudes
,
the
air
becomes
rare
,
making
breathing
harder
.
•
Scientists
examine
how
sound
travels
through
rare
gases
in
space
simulations
.
Scientists
examine
how
sound
travels
through
rare
gases
in
space
simulations
.
From
the
same
Latin
root
‘
rarus
’,
originally
meaning
‘
thinly
sown
’,
applied
to
physical
density
in
early
scientific
writing
.
rarely
adverb
not
often
;
on
very
few
occasions
•
I
rarely
eat
dessert
,
but
tonight
I
’
ll
have
some
cake
.
I
rarely
eat
dessert
,
but
tonight
I
’
ll
have
some
cake
.
•
The
old
train
service
rarely
runs
on
time
during
the
winter
.
The
old
train
service
rarely
runs
on
time
during
the
winter
.
From
rare
+
-ly
,
first
recorded
in
Middle
English
; ‘
rare
’
meaning
‘
seldom
occurring
’.
