English to English
pure
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adjective (a)
- free of extraneous elements of any kind(adj.all)Example:
Pure air and water.
Pure gold.
Pure primary colors.
The violin's pure and lovely song.
Pure tones.
Pure oxygen.
source: wordnet30 - (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black(adj.all)source: wordnet30
- (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless(adj.all)Example:
I felt pure and sweet as a new baby.
Pure as the driven snow.
source: wordnet30 - Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers(adj.all)Example:
Pure folly.
Synonym:
arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, uttersource: wordnet30 - free from discordant qualities(adj.all)source: wordnet30
- concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied(adj.all)Example:
Pure science.
source: wordnet30
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