pure
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold;pure water.
unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous.
of unmixed descent or ancestry: a pure breed of dog.
free from foreign or inappropriate elements: pure Attic Greek.
clear; free from blemishes: pure skin.
(of literary style) straightforward; unaffected.
abstract or theoretical (opposed to applied): pure science.
without any discordant quality; clear and true: pure tones in music.
absolute; utter; sheer: to sing for pure joy.
being that and nothing else; mere: a pure accident.
clean, spotless, or unsullied: pure hands.
untainted with evil; innocent: pure in heart.
physically chaste; virgin.
ceremonially or ritually clean.
free of or without guilt; guiltless.
independent of sense or experience: pure knowledge.
Biology, Genetics.
containing only one characteristic for a trait.
Phonetics. monophthongal.
Origin of pure
1synonym study For pure
Other words for pure
1 | unmixed, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncontaminated, untainted, unstained, undefiled, untarnished, immaculate, unpolluted, uncorrupted |
12 | modest, virtuous, undefiled |
Other words from pure
- pureness, noun
- hy·per·pure, adjective
- hy·per·pure·ly, adverb
- hy·per·pure·ness, noun
- su·per·pure, adjective
- un·pure, adjective
- un·pure·ly, adverb
- un·pure·ness, noun
Words Nearby pure
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How to use pure in a sentence
It’s so charmingly weird, emitting hormonal teenage boy stoner flick vibes while somehow remaining as pure as the driven snow.
From the standpoint of pure performance, it’s also about how efficiently software uses all those transistors.
Moore’s Law Lives: Intel Says Chips Will Pack 50 Times More Transistors | Jason Dorrier | August 23, 2020 | Singularity HubDesmond even garnered national media attention in May when he said the county had only had six “pure” coronavirus deaths since most who have died have underlying health conditions.
Morning Report: The Supervisor Elevating Coronavirus Skepticism | Voice of San Diego | August 21, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoHe’s stated publicly that only a handful of coronavirus deaths were “pure” and he wildly underrepresented the percentage of cases that result in hospitalizations.
Supervisor by Day, But a COVID-19 Skeptic on the Airwaves | Katy Stegall | August 20, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoMastrolia and Mizera’s work is rooted in a branch of pure math called algebraic topology, which classifies shapes and spaces.
The Mathematical Structure of Particle Collisions Comes Into View | Charlie Wood | August 20, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
Several Republicans won primaries in 2014 by running as ideologically pure conservatives who wanted new leadership in the House.
What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low Culture | Amy Zimmerman | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEverything else is pure speculation and the promulgation of fear.
The Black Panther Bomb Plot in St. Louis That Wasn’t | Justin Glawe | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMuch of the drama that transpires towards the end of the story is due to the pure love itself, not in spite of it.
Of course, Sesame Street's songs weren't only educational; from a pure tuneage perspective, the music was pretty kickass.
Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?
Wasn't the dead man stretched in the shadow convincing proof of their capacity for pure devilishness?
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairPerhaps the nearest approach to a pure æsthetic enjoyment in these early days is the love of flowers.
Children's Ways | James SullyA method of Vacuity pure and simple—the exact opposite of Mental Assimilation.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Mine should be of pure steel; I have ordered her out of my consciousness these last weeks at the point of the bayonet.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for pure
/ (pjʊə) /
not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etc: pure nitrogen
free from tainting or polluting matter; clean; wholesome: pure water
free from moral taint or defilement: pure love
(prenominal) (intensifier): pure stupidity; a pure coincidence
(of a subject, etc) studied in its theoretical aspects rather than for its practical applications: pure mathematics; pure science Compare applied
(of a vowel) pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthongal
(of a consonant) not accompanied by another consonant
of supposedly unmixed racial descent
genetics biology breeding true for one or more characteristics; homozygous
music
(of a sound) composed of a single frequency without overtones
(of intervals in the system of just intonation) mathematically accurate in respect to the ratio of one frequency to another
Origin of pure
1Derived forms of pure
- pureness, noun
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