rare

  1. Adjective.  Very uncommon; scarce.
  2. Adjective.  (context, of cooking, particularly meats) Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).
  3. Adjective.  (context, of a gas) thin; of low density.
  4. Verb.  (US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
  5. Verb.  (US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.

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