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
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How to use pure in a sentence
The debasing of the currency in the fire’s aftermath — the proportion of pure silver in Roman coinage at one stage fell to 80 percent — also alarmed them.
Kemp’s all-night coverage was public service journalism in its purest form.
Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week. | Reis Thebault | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostThey keep membership secret to reinforce the notion that the books are a pure expression of mathematics as it is, not an individual’s take on the topic.
Inside the Secret Math Society Known Simply as Nicolas Bourbaki | Kevin Hartnett | November 9, 2020 | Quanta MagazinePillows and duvets from the Swedish brand, founded in 1852, are made from top-of-the-line pure goose down, with its own built-in ventilation system that helps the feathers breathe.
Soon, he said, the company would have a car that runs on batteries with pure silicon anodes to boost their performance and reduced cobalt in the cathodes to lower their price.
Carmakers want to ditch battery packs, use auto bodies for energy storage | WIRED | November 8, 2020 | Ars Technica
The stillness of the evening and the pureness of the air made a silent accompaniment to Gerda's beautiful voice.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice HarradenAnd what increases The wonder, sir, her body's matchless form Is better'd by the pureness of her soul.
The Plays of Philip Massinger | Philip MassingerWhen I came to eleven years of age I knew pureness and righteousness; for while a child I was taught how to walk to be kept pure.
George Fox | George FoxAnd then he goes on to what he justly calls "the other great Christian virtue, Pureness."
Matthew Arnold | G. W. E. RussellWisdom is more moving than any motion; she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness.
Cambridge Essays on Education | Various
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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