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Definition of Pure
1. Adjective. Free of extraneous elements of any kind. "Pure oxygen"
Attributes: Pureness, Purity
Also: Clean, Processed
Similar to: Axenic, Clean, Fresh, Clean, Clear, Light, Unclouded, Fine, Native, Plain, Sheer, Unmingled, Unmixed, Pristine, Sublimate, Unadulterated, Unalloyed, Uncontaminated, Unpolluted, Virginal
Antonyms: Impure
Derivative terms: Pureness, Purity
Also: Clean, Processed
Similar to: Axenic, Clean, Fresh, Clean, Clear, Light, Unclouded, Fine, Native, Plain, Sheer, Unmingled, Unmixed, Pristine, Sublimate, Unadulterated, Unalloyed, Uncontaminated, Unpolluted, Virginal
Antonyms: Impure
Derivative terms: Pureness, Purity
2. Adjective. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. "The unadulterated truth"
Exact synonyms: Arrant, Complete, Consummate, Double-dyed, Everlasting, Gross, Perfect, Sodding, Staring, Stark, Thoroughgoing, Unadulterated, Utter
Similar to: Unmitigated
Similar to: Unmitigated
3. Adjective. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black.
4. Adjective. Free from discordant qualities.
Similar to: Harmonious
5. Adjective. Concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied. "Pure science"
Similar to: Theoretical
6. Adjective. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless. "Pure as the driven snow"
Attributes: Morality
Also: Chaste
Similar to: Immaculate, Undefiled, White
Antonyms: Impure
Derivative terms: Pureness, Purity
Also: Chaste
Similar to: Immaculate, Undefiled, White
Antonyms: Impure
Derivative terms: Pureness, Purity
7. Adjective. In a state of sexual virginity. "Men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
Exact synonyms: Vestal, Virgin, Virginal, Virtuous
Similar to: Chaste
Derivative terms: Pureness, Pureness, Purity, Vestal, Virgin, Virginity, Virgin, Virtue
Similar to: Chaste
Derivative terms: Pureness, Pureness, Purity, Vestal, Virgin, Virginity, Virgin, Virtue
Definition of Pure
1. a. 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.
Definition of Pure
1. Adjective. free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied ¹
2. Adjective. free of foreign material or pollutants ¹
3. Adjective. free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean ¹
4. Adjective. of a branch of science, done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science. ¹
5. Adverb. (Liverpool) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pure
1. free from anything different, inferior, or contaminating [adj PURER, PUREST]