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ALL meanings of pure

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  • adjective pure free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water. 1
  • adjective pure unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous. 1
  • adjective pure of unmixed descent or ancestry: a pure breed of dog. 1
  • adjective pure free from foreign or inappropriate elements: pure Attic Greek. 1
  • adjective pure clear; free from blemishes: pure skin. 1
  • adjective pure (of literary style) straightforward; unaffected. 1
  • adjective pure abstract or theoretical (opposed to applied): pure science. 1
  • adjective pure without any discordant quality; clear and true: pure tones in music. 1
  • adjective pure absolute; utter; sheer: to sing for pure joy. 1
  • adjective pure being that and nothing else; mere: a pure accident. 1
  • adjective pure clean, spotless, or unsullied: pure hands. 1
  • adjective pure untainted with evil; innocent: pure in heart. 1
  • adjective pure physically chaste; virgin. 1
  • adjective pure ceremonially or ritually clean. 1
  • adjective pure free of or without guilt; guiltless. 1
  • adjective pure independent of sense or experience: pure knowledge. 1
  • adjective pure Biology, Genetics. homozygous. containing only one characteristic for a trait. 1
  • adjective pure Phonetics. monophthongal. 1
  • adjective pure not mixed 1
  • adjective pure clean 1
  • adjective pure morally 1
  • adjective pure virgin, new 1
  • adjective pure theoretical, not applied 1
  • adjective pure intensifier 1
  • adjective pure of unmixed lineage 1
  • adjective pure A pure substance is not mixed with anything else. 0
  • adjective pure Something that is pure is clean and does not contain any harmful substances. 0
  • adjective pure If you describe something such as a colour, a sound, or a type of light as pure, you mean that it is very clear and represents a perfect example of its type. 0
  • adjective pure If you describe a form of art or a philosophy as pure, you mean that it is produced or practised according to a standard or form that is expected of it. 0
  • adjective pure Pure science or pure research is concerned only with theory and not with how this theory can be used in practical ways. 0
  • adjective pure Pure means complete and total. 0
  • graded adjective pure A person, especially a woman, who is described as pure is considered to be morally good, especially because they have no sexual experience or sexual thoughts. 0
  • adjective pure not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etc 0
  • adjective pure free from tainting or polluting matter; clean; wholesome 0
  • adjective pure free from moral taint or defilement 0
  • adjective pure (intensifier) 0
  • adjective pure (of a subject, etc) studied in its theoretical aspects rather than for its practical applications 0
  • adjective pure (of a vowel) pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthongal 0
  • adjective pure (of a consonant) not accompanied by another consonant 0
  • adjective pure of supposedly unmixed racial descent 0
  • adjective pure breeding true for one or more characteristics; homozygous 0
  • adjective pure (of a sound) composed of a single frequency without overtones 0
  • adjective pure (of intervals in the system of just intonation) mathematically accurate in respect to the ratio of one frequency to another 0
  • adjective pure free from any adulterant; unmixed 0
  • adjective pure free from anything that taints, impairs, infects, etc.; clear 0
  • adjective pure simple; mere 0
  • adjective pure utter; absolute; sheer 0
  • adjective pure free from defects; perfect; faultless 0
  • adjective pure free from sin or guilt; blameless 0
  • adjective pure virgin or chaste 0
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