Pure (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective, pur·er, pur·est.
  1. free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold;pure water.
  2. unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous.
  3. of unmixed descent or ancestry: a pure breed of dog.
  4. free from foreign or inappropriate elements: pure Attic Greek.
  5. clear; free from blemishes: pure skin.
  6. (of literary style) straightforward; unaffected.
  7. abstract or theoretical (opposed to applied): pure science.
  8. without any discordant quality; clear and true: pure tones in music.
  9. absolute; utter; sheer: to sing for pure joy.
  10. being that and nothing else; mere: a pure accident.
  11. clean, spotless, or unsullied: pure hands.
  12. untainted with evil; innocent: pure in heart.
  13. physically chaste; virgin.
  14. ceremonially or ritually clean.
  15. free of or without guilt; guiltless.
  16. independent of sense or experience: pure knowledge.
  17. Biology, Genetics.
    • homozygous.
    • containing only one characteristic for a trait.
  18. monophthongal.
adjective
  1. not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etc
  2. free from tainting or polluting matter; clean; wholesome
  3. free from moral taint or defilement
  4. (intensifier)
  5. (of a subject, etc) studied in its theoretical aspects rather than for its practical applications
  6. (of a vowel) pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthongal
  7. (of a consonant) not accompanied by another consonant
  8. of supposedly unmixed racial descent
  9. breeding true for one or more characteristics; homozygous
  10. music
    • (of a sound) composed of a single frequency without overtones
    • (of intervals in the system of just intonation) mathematically accurate in respect to the ratio of one frequency to another
Pure (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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