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Meaning of 'pure' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pure [ superl.]
- 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.
- Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons.
- Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions.
- Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
- Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.

Meaning of 'pure' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pure [ a]
Meaning (1):
- (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
Example in sentence:
  • I felt pure and sweet as a new baby;
  • pure as the driven snow
Meaning (2):
- free of extraneous elements of any kind
Example in sentence:
  • pure air and water;
  • pure gold;
  • pure oxygen;
  • pure primary colors;
  • pure tones;
  • the violin's pure and lovely song
3 . pure [ s]
Meaning (3):
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • a complete coward;
  • a consummate fool;
  • a double-dyed villain;
  • a perfect idiot;
  • a thorough nuisance;
  • a thoroughgoing villain;
  • an arrant fool;
  • gross negligence;
  • pure folly;
  • stark staring mad;
  • the unadulterated truth;
  • utter nonsense;
  • what a sodding mess
Meaning (4):
- in a state of sexual virginity
Example in sentence:
  • a spinster or virgin lady;
  • men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal;
  • pure and vestal modesty
Meaning (5):
- concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
Example in sentence:
  • pure science

Nearby Words:

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