rarefy
Make less dense
Rarefy means to make less dense or more diffuse, as when air thins at higher altitudes.
The word applies both literally to gases and atmospheres and figuratively to things that become more refined, subtle, or exclusive: The discussion rarefied into abstract philosophy that lost most of the audience.
The adjective rarefied describes atmospheres or environments that are thin, elevated, or accessible only to a select few: the rarefied air of elite academia.
Reduce by adding solvent
lessen · decrease · deplete · disperse · scatter · diffuse · dissipate · expand
Porous separation device
- distillPurify through vaporization
- clarifyMake something understandable
- refineRemove impurities from
- sublimateRedirect impulses constructively
separate · extract · isolate · concentrate · precipitate · fractionate · decant · centrifuge
Praise with great intensity
- sublimateRedirect impulses constructively
- transcendGo beyond limits
- etherealizeMake airy, intangible
- spiritualizeImbue with transcendent meaning
ennoble · uplift · heighten · ascend · sublime · celestial · lofty · elevated
Measured height above reference
- thin airSeeming nothingness
- mountainTall natural landmass
- stratosphereSecond atmospheric layer up
- vacuumAbsence of matter
pressure · oxygen · hypoxia · breathless · elevation · decompression · aerospace · barometric
dilute
Reduce by adding solvent
reduce · lessen · decrease · deplete · disperse · scatter · diffuse · dissipate · expand · decompress
filter
Porous separation device
sublimate · separate · extract · isolate · concentrate · precipitate · fractionate · decant · centrifuge · evaporate
exalt
Praise with great intensity
- sublimateRedirect impulses constructively
- transcendGo beyond limits
- etherealizeMake airy, intangible
spiritualize · ennoble · uplift · heighten · ascend · sublime · celestial · lofty · elevated · cultivated
altitude
Measured height above reference
- thin airSeeming nothingness
- mountainTall natural landmass
- stratosphereSecond atmospheric layer up
vacuum · pressure · oxygen · hypoxia · breathless · elevation · decompression · aerospace · barometric · atmospheric
rarefycondense
Make more compact
compress · densify · concentrate · compact · thicken
rarefycontaminate
Make unclean or unsafe
pollute · dirty · adulterate · soil · defile
rarefypopularize
Make widely accepted
vulgarize · democratize · coarsen · dumb down · simplify
- rare findUncommon discovery
- medium rareSteak doneness level
- rare breedExceptionally uncommon type
- rare gemInfrequent precious stone
- rare booksUncommon valuable printed works
- rare steakMinimally cooked beef