Pure

[pjʊə] or [pjʊr]

Definition

(adj.) in a state of sexual virginity; 'pure and vestal modesty'; 'a spinster or virgin lady'; 'men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal' .

(adj.) concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; 'pure science' .

(adj.) free from discordant qualities .

(adj.) (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; 'I felt pure and sweet as a new baby'- Sylvia Plath; 'pure as the driven snow' .

(adj.) free of extraneous elements of any kind; 'pure air and water'; 'pure gold'; 'pure primary colors'; 'the violin's pure and lovely song'; 'pure tones'; 'pure oxygen' .

Checked by Llewellyn--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(superl.) Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons.

(superl.) Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions.

(superl.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.

(superl.) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.

Typed by Agatha

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Clean, clear, unsullied, unstained, undefiled, spotless, unspotted, fair, immaculate, untainted, untarnished, unpolluted, uncorrupted.[2]. Innocent, guiltless, guileless, true, virtuous, upright, honest, incorrupt, holy.[3]. Genuine, unadulterated, unmixed, real, perfect.[4]. Modest, chaste.[5]. Mere, absolute, sheer.[6]. Classic, classical, Attic.

Checker: Nellie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Clear, unmixed, simple, genuine, sheer, mere, absolute, unadulterated,uncorrupted, unsullied, unblemished, chaste, real, clean, spotless, immaculate,undefiled, unspotted, guileless, innocent, guiltless

ANT:Foul, turbid, impure, adulterated, corrupt, sullied, stained, tarnished,defiled, mixed, guilty

Checked by Jo

Definition

adj. (comp. Pur′er; superl. Pur′est) clean: unsoiled: unmixed: not adulterated: real: free from guilt or defilement: chaste: modest: mere: that and that only: complete: non-empirical involving an exercise of mind alone without admixture of the results of experience.—n. purity.—adv. quite: (obs.) entirely.—v.t. to cleanse refine.—adv. Pure′ly without blemish: wholly entirely: (dial.) wonderfully very much.—n. Pure′ness.—Pure mathematics (see Mathematics); Pure reason reason alone without any mixture of sensibility; Pure science the principles of any science considered in themselves and their relation to each other and not in their application to the investigation of other branches of knowledge as pure mathematics pure logic &c.

Typist: Rowland

Examples

Typist: Ralph

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