Rare Definition–adjective, rar·er, rar·est. | 1. | coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon: a rare disease; His visits are rare occasions. |
| 2. | thinly distributed over an area; few and widely separated: Lighthouses are rare on that part of the coast. |
| 3. | having the component parts not closely compacted together; not dense: rare gases; lightheaded from th
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| 4. | unusually great: a rare display of courage. |
| 5. | unusually excellent; admirable; fine: She showed rare tact in inviting them. |
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Wine Definition–noun | 1. | the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less. |
| 2. | a particular variety of such fermented grape juice: port and sherry wines. |
| 3. | the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits or plants, used as a beverage, sauce, etc.: gooseberry wine; currant wine. |
| 4. | a dark reddish color, as of red wines. |
| 6. | something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine. |
| 7. | British. | a. | a social gathering at which wine is the major beverage. |
| b. | a party, esp. one held by university students, for drinking wine. |
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| 8. | Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine. |
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–verb (used with object) | 10. | to supply with wine: He wined his cellar with rare vintages. |
–verb (used without object)
—Idioms| 12. | new wine in old bottles, something new placed in or superimposed on an old or existing form, system, etc. Matt. 9:17. |
| 13. | wine and dine, to entertain lavishly: They wined and dined us in order to get us to sign the new contract. |
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