rared English
Verb
(head)
(rare)
Anagrams
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rare English
Etymology 1
From a dialectal variant of rear, from (etyl) rere, from (etyl) . More at (l).
Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (UK)
Adjective
( en-adj)
(cooking, particularly meats) Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).
* Dryden
- New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care / Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare .
Synonyms
* (cooked very lightly) sanguinary
Antonyms
* (cooked very lightly) well done
Derived terms
* medium-rare
Etymology 2
From (etyl) rare, from (etyl) rare, .
Adjective
( er)
Very uncommon; scarce.
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(label) Thin; of low density.
Synonyms
* (very uncommon) scarce, selcouth, seld, seldsome, selly, geason, uncommon
Antonyms
* (very uncommon) common
Derived terms
* rare bird
* rare earth mineral
Related terms
* rarity
Etymology 3
Variant of rear .
Verb
( rar)
(US) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 328:
- Frank pretended to rare back as if bedazzled, shielding his eyes with a forearm.
(US) To rear, bring up, raise.
Usage notes
* ( rft-sense) Principal current, non-literary use is of the present participle raring' with a verb in "'''raring''' to". The principal verb in that construction is ''go''. Thus, '''''raring''' to go'' ("eager (to start something)") is the expression in which '''''rare is most often encountered as a verb.
Etymology 4
Compare rather, rath.
Adjective
( en adjective)
(obsolete) early
* Chapman
- Rude mechanicals that rare and late / Work in the market place.
Anagrams
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wared English
Verb
(head)
(ware)
Anagrams
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*
ware English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .
Usage notes
Replaced by intensified form aware.
Derived terms
* beware
Noun
( -)
(obsolete) The state of being aware; heed.
- (Wyclif)
Etymology 2
(etyl) (m), from (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
(uncountable, usually, in combination) Goods or a type of goods offered for sale or use.
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(in the plural) See wares .
(uncountable) Pottery or metal goods.
- damascene ware''', ''tole ' ware
(countable, archaeology) A style or genre of artifact.
(Ireland) Crockery
Derived terms
* (Corded Ware culture)
* -ware
Etymology 3
From (etyl) warian
Verb
(war)
(obsolete, or, dialectal) To beware of something.
Adjective
( en adjective)
(obsolete) wary; cautious
* Bible, 2 Tim. iv. 15
- Of whom be thou ware also.
* Latimer
- He is ware enough; he is wily and circumspect for stirring up any sedition.
Derived terms
* wary
Related terms
* ward
Etymology 4
From (etyl) .
Noun
(obsolete, UK, dialect) seaweed
Derived terms
* ware goose
Etymology 5
Verb
(war)
(nautical) To wear, or veer.
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