PURE as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • not mixed
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    • pure oxygen
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  2. Meaning
    • in a state of sexual virginity
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    • pure and vestal modesty
    • a spinster or virgin lady
    • men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
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  3. Meaning
    • (of color) being chromatically pure
    • not diluted with white or gray or black
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  4. Meaning
    • concerned with theory and data rather than practice
    • opposed to applied
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    • pure science
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  5. Meaning
    • free from discordant qualities
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  6. Meaning
    • used of persons or behaviors
    • having no faults
    • sinless
    Usage Example(s)
    • I felt pure and sweet as a new baby- Sylvia Plath
    • pure as the driven snow
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  7. Meaning
    • free of extraneous elements of any kind
    Usage Example(s)
    • pure air and water
    • pure gold
    • pure primary colors
    • the violin’’s pure and lovely song
    • pure tones
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