Adjective : the rarefied atmosphere of a scholarly symposium. ,rarefied tastes. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to rarefy a gas. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : Moisture rarefies when heated. From Dictionary.com.
I know he's in rarefied air with 500-plus home runs and 3,000-plus hits. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Take word of Palmeiro, baseball? No] Reference
Of course, this chance of surveying the landscapes in rarefied air, at supersonic speeds, will also cost you dearly. From Wordnik.com. [Training Ground for Future Terraformers] Reference
"We're not going to see the Kitty that lives in rarefied air and wears Prada dresses and rides in helicopters," Grant says. From Wordnik.com. [Will Brothers & Sisters' Time Jump Reinvent the Show?] Reference
No doubt strength and grace of form go well enough with the idea of rarefied body; but what can this rarefied body want with moral excellence?. From Wordnik.com. [The Six Enneads.] Reference
What is called a rarefied area, has reference to a state or condition of the atmosphere which has less than the normal pressure or quantity of air. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes] Reference
That kind of rarefied atmosphere would, I imagine, pall after a time. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
A kind of rarefied joy possessed him, a trembling anticipation of good fortune that he was scared to acknowledge. From Wordnik.com. [Killer Dolphin]
Woodstock, you live in rarefied air. From Wordnik.com. [Comments from a reader] Reference
Not every message of Spirit is in a 'rarefied' form. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
But that kind of rarefied success is not a given for all. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
But that kind of rarefied success is not a given for all, hence the tension that will befall Uplands starting tomorrow. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
It's a rarefied business, but lately it's soaring. From Wordnik.com. [Friendly Skies] Reference
Having access to fashion is not especially rarefied. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion takes a leading role in 'The Real Housewives' franchise] Reference
And that takes legit luxury cars at more rarefied prices. From Wordnik.com. [BUSINESS: GETTING A BEAT ON BMW] Reference
Even at these rarefied levels, he thinks, many are rattled. From Wordnik.com. [How the Mighty Have Fallen] Reference
Was it the rarefied air of a July full moon at work, at sunset?. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Cara Barker: Love Is Not a Spectator Sport] Reference
(Hillary is perhaps the only one who can share the rarefied air.). From Wordnik.com. [A Strategy For The Wilderness] Reference
The view from the Presidential motorcade it's extremely rarefied. From Wordnik.com. [The President Meets Islam] Reference
There are just 80,000 potential customers in Rolls's rarefied neighborhood worldwide. From Wordnik.com. [A Smooth Ride] Reference
Team orders, after all, are simply not allowed in the rarefied air of F1 (wink, wink). From Wordnik.com. [Steve Parker: F1 and IndyCar: Cheating and Bad Calls] Reference
It's a rarefied market for Harmon but a real niche: buffing up the games of the gods of golf. From Wordnik.com. [Even Tiger Needs A Trainer] Reference
It seems incredible, for not one of us could walk one half that distance in less rarefied air. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
Do they have special skills that are so rarefied and valuable that they can demand such numbers?. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Creamer: Another Reason to Break up Big Wall Street Banks] Reference
"The Lover's" rarefied sensibility takes getting used to; once its spell is cast, you won't want to blink. From Wordnik.com. [L'AMOUR FROM CRADLE TO COFFIN] Reference
It might be just enough, Tark explained, for them to spend some time in the rarefied atmosphere of academia. From Wordnik.com. [Madness To Sadness] Reference
Now Taiwan -- and TSMC in particular -- has staked out a rarefied position at the leading edge of technology. From Wordnik.com. [WAFER WAR] Reference
Susan Tabak, author of Chic in Paris and a couture client herself, knows the rarefied world from the inside out. From Wordnik.com. [Call It Recession Chic] Reference
But Tisci's geographical fixation also said something about the direction in which this rarefied world is headed. From Wordnik.com. [Call It Recession Chic] Reference
In that sense, the middle-buster can be a steppingstone for artists making the patient climb to rarefied heights. From Wordnik.com. [Drake show at Constitution Hall a chance to see a major act at a midsize venue] Reference
Others counter that Bronson and his inflated criminal ego have no right to enter the rarefied sphere of public art. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Bars] Reference
Surrounding the flaming sphere, many of the stars could be perceived through the earth's thin, rarefied atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [The Jameson Satellite] Reference
The move took the dealer, collector and restorer far from the rarefied world of fine-art frames, where he looms large. From Wordnik.com. [Famed Framer Forges Into a Digital Future] Reference
While considered a steep price of entry, the Mizrahi deal granted Mr. McComb access to the rarefied world of high fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Targeting Younger Buyers, Liz Claiborne Hits Snag] Reference
He has spent almost his entire life in the rarefied world of academia in Germany or the antique corridors of power in Rome. From Wordnik.com. [The Bad Shepherd] Reference
They were generally at an altitude of two thousand feet and the rarefied atmosphere so far above the earth was cool, anyway. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
The stars, wonderfully large and brilliant in that rarefied atmosphere, seemed to be the only link between them and the unknown. From Wordnik.com. [Omega, the Man] Reference
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