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- pure :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
- pure :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 thorough nuisance|a thoroughgoing villain|utter nonsense|the unadulterated truth
- pure :concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
- pure science
- pure :(used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
- I felt pure and sweet as a new baby|pure as the driven snow
- pure :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
- pure :(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
- pure :free from discordant qualities
- pure :free of extraneous elements of any kind
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