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pure
[pyoor]
adjective
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter.
pure gold;
pure water.
Synonyms: , , , ,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 (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.
Synonyms: ,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.
pure
/ ʊə /
adjective
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 Compare applied
pure mathematics
pure science
(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
Other 51Թ Forms
- pureness noun
- hyperpure adjective
- hyperpurely adverb
- hyperpureness noun
- superpure adjective
- unpure adjective
- unpurely adverb
- unpureness noun
- ˈܰԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pure1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pure1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
And is love in its purest and simplest form enough in a world dictated by cash flow and ruled by big egos?
Police have described the disorder as "racist thuggery, pure and simple" and targeted at ethnic minorities and law enforcement.
First Minister Michelle O'Neill said what was happening in Ballymena was "pure racism, there's no other way to dress it up".
"It's not 'pure' in the sense that every team plays equal games, that there's genuine jeopardy in terms of who might win, central marketing, revenue sharing and collective selling," Grave explained.
Programs that superficially appear to be pure science but that provide data crucial for planning the missions to the moon and Mars are being terminated.
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