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pure in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
"an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
arrant complete consummate double-dyed everlasting gross perfect pure sodding stark staring thoroughgoing utter unadulterated
- (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"
pure
- 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"
pure
- (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
saturated pure
- 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"
pure vestal virgin virginal virtuous
- free from discordant qualities
pure
- concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
"pure science"
pure
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University