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Quick definitions from WordNet (pure)
▸ adjective: used of persons or behaviors; having no faults; sinless ("I felt pure and sweet as a new baby- Sylvia Plath")
▸ adjective: free of extraneous elements of any kind ("Pure air and water")
▸ adjective: not mixed ("Pure oxygen")
▸ adjective: in a state of sexual virginity ("Pure and vestal modesty")
▸ adjective: concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied ("Pure science")
▸ adjective: free from discordant qualities
▸ adjective: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black
▸ Also see purest
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▸ Usage examples for pure
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▸ adjective: used of persons or behaviors; having no faults; sinless ("I felt pure and sweet as a new baby- Sylvia Plath")
▸ adjective: free of extraneous elements of any kind ("Pure air and water")
▸ adjective: not mixed ("Pure oxygen")
▸ adjective: in a state of sexual virginity ("Pure and vestal modesty")
▸ adjective: concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied ("Pure science")
▸ adjective: free from discordant qualities
▸ adjective: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black
▸ Also see purest
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to pure
▸ Usage examples for pure
▸ Popular nouns described by pure
▸ Words that often appear near pure
▸ Rhymes of pure
▸ Invented words related to pure