pure meaning and definition

PURE adjective

Definition of pure (adjective)

1. 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"
   • antonym: impure
2. 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"
   • synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter
3. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
   • synonyms: saturated
   • antonym: unsaturated
4. free from discordant qualities
5. concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
   • "pure science"
6. (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"
   • antonym: impure
7. 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"
   • synonyms: vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous