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
Now, every major media outlet in the U.K. is working hard to make Lyman a purer-than-pure star.
Brits Celebrate Phin Lyman, The Boy Virgin Who Says He’ll Wait for Love | Nico Hines | May 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI call them Hyperserials: shows with a purer, more intense focus on one linear, series-long plotline.
Mad Men’s Dramatic Déjà Vu: ‘Time Zones’ Feels Redundant | Andrew Romano | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis views mirrored theirs, but they were purer, less Boomer-indulgent.
We are trying to build up life, Lady Hunstanton, on a better, truer, purer basis than life rests on here.
A less than ideal outcome for the U.S. will come at vastly less cost and risk than a theoretically purer result.
Kofi Annan’s U.N. Mission Is Last-Ditch Push for Diplomacy in Syria | Bruce Jones | March 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The poet "as those wreathes up go" sees Helicon's fresh founts flowing clearer and purer.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThere is no purer heart on earth than hers, and none more worthy of the worship of a true man.
The Circular Study | Anna Katharine GreenSuch a position affords the best natural drainage, removes dampness, avoids inundations, gives full sunlight and the purer air.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyMisreading or corrupting the purer teaching of their founder, they place their hopes in sensual enjoyment.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
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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