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1. (adj.) pure
free from adulterating or extraneous matter:
pure gold.
2. pure
free from contamination, pollution, or dirt; clean:
pure water.
3. pure
not modified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous:
pure white.
4. pure
absolute; utter; sheer:
pure joy.
5. pure
being that and nothing else; mere:
a pure accident.
6. pure
of unmixed descent or ancestry.
7. pure
free from foreign elements:
pure Attic Greek.
8. pure
free from blemishes; clear; spotless:
pure skin.
9. pure
(of literary style) straightforward; unaffected.
10. pure
abstract or theoretical (opposed to applied):
pure science.
11. pure
without any discordant quality; clear and true:
a pure tone in music.
12. pure
untainted with evil or guilt; innocent.
13. pure
physically chaste; virgin.
14. pure
ceremonially or ritually clean.
15. pure
independent of sense or experience:
pure knowledge.
16. pure
Genetics.
17. pure
containing only one characteristic for a trait.
18. pure
(of a vowel sound) maintaining the same quality throughout its duration; monophthongal.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME pur < OF < L pūrus clean, unmixed, plain, pure)
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1. (adj) pure
free of extraneous elements of any kind
"pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"
2. (adj) arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
"an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
3. (adj) saturated, pure
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
4. (adj) pure
free from discordant qualities
5. (adj) pure
concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
"pure science"
6. (adj) pure
(used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
"I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"
7. (adj) pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous
in a state of sexual virginity
"pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
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1. (adjective) pure
not mixed with anything else
pure gold
2. pure
≠ impure
pure, clean water
3. pure
complete
an expression of pure terror/delight/rage etc.
4. pure
≠ impure
pure thoughts
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. pure
separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion
2. pure
free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons
3. pure
free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions
4. pure
ritually clean; fitted for holy services
5. pure
of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants
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Sense: not mixed with anything especially dirty or less valuable
pure gold.
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 Afrikaans: suiwer |
 Arabic: صافٍ، نَقي، خالِص |
 Bulgarian: чист |
 Brazilian: puro |
 Czech: čistý |
 German: pur |
 Danish: ren |
 Greek: καθαρός, ανόθευτος |
 Spanish: puro |
 Estonian: ehe |
 Farsi: خالص |
 Finnish: puhdas |
 French: pur |
 Hebrew: טָהוֹר |
 Hindi: शुद्ध |
 Hungarian: tiszta |
 Indonesian: murni |
 Icelandic: ómengaður, ekta |
 Italian: puro |
 Japanese: 純粋な |
 Korean: 순수한 |
 Lithuanian: grynas |
 Latvian: tīrs |
 Malay: tulen |
 Dutch: zuiver |
 Norwegian: rein, ekte |
 Polish: czysty |
 Persian: خالص |
 Pashto: خالص |
 Portuguese: puro |
 Romanian: pur |
 Russian: чистый |
 Slovak: čistý, rýdzi |
 Slovenian: čist |
 Serbian: čist |
 Swedish: ren, oblandad,äkta |
 Thai: บริสุทธิ์ |
 Turkish: saf |
 Taiwanese: 純粹的 |
 Ukrainian: чистий; бездомішковий |
 Urdu: خالص |
 Vietnamese: nguyên chất; tinh khiết |
 Chinese: 纯粹的 |
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