1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• arrant ,
• complete ,
• consummate ,
• double-dyed ,
• everlasting ,
• gross ,
• perfect ,
• pure ,
• sodding ,
• stark ,
• staring ,
• thorough ,
• thoroughgoing ,
• utter ,
• unadulterated

) 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" ;

3. (

• saturated ,
• pure ,

) (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black ;

4. (

• pure

) free from discordant qualities ;

5. (

• pure

) concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science" ;

6. (

• pure ,

) (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow" ;

7. (

• pure ,
• vestal ,
• virgin ,
• virginal ,
• virtuous

) 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" ;