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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pure /pyʊr/USA pronunciation adj., pur•er, pur•est. - free from any extra matter or material:pure enough to drink.
- not changed by mixing;
clear:pure white. - complete;
absolute:[before a noun]a pure accident. - of unmixed ancestry:The dog was a pure German shepherd.
- free from blemishes:pure skin.
- abstract or theoretical (opposed to applied ):[before a noun]pure mathematics.
- free from evil:a pure heart.
- chaste;
virgin:a pure maiden.
pure•ness, n. [uncountable]See -pur-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pure (pyŏŏr),USA pronunciation adj., pur•er, pur•est. - free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind;
free from extraneous matter:pure gold; pure water. - 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 (opposed to 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. - physically chaste;
virgin. - ceremonially or ritually clean.
- free of or without guilt;
guiltless. - independent of sense or experience:pure knowledge.
- [Biol., Genetics.]
- homozygous.
- containing only one characteristic for a trait.
- Phoneticsmonophthongal.
- Latin pūrus clean, unmixed, plain, pure
- Old French
- Middle English pur 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unmixed, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncontaminated, untainted, unstained, undefiled, untarnished, immaculate, unpolluted, uncorrupted. See clean.
- 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged modest, virtuous, undefiled.
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