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
Desert Golfing is the distillation of Angry Birds into its purest essence.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art | Alec Kubas-Meyer | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2012, he voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, one of the purest excresences of crony capitalism imaginable.
After Cochran’s Win: Red-State Socialism Must Be Stopped! | Nick Gillespie | June 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sights and sounds of baseball at its purest signal that the nest in us has prevailed.
Graffiti, at its purest form, is illegal, going out, writing names on rooftops, trains, etc. for the sake of fame.
The simplest and purest emotions that he feels are criminal.
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This people worked, through legitimate channels, to advance its ideal, inspired by the purest loyalty to Spain.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanEven the purest selfishness would dictate a policy of social insurance.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockYou look at a clear perfect rich colour, as it were, through the purest crystal.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph PearceThe pleasure such meetings give is of the purest and wholesomest nature.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamA rich, tender sunshine is streaming in through the windows, and gilding the stately edifice with the purest light.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace Thackeray
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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