pure

1. free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter.

   pure gold;

   pure water.

   Synonyms:

   immaculate, unstained, unalloyed, unadulterated, unmixed

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 (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.

    Synonyms:

    virtuous, modest

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.

    1. homozygous.

    2. containing only one characteristic for a trait.

18. Phonetics. monophthongal.

1. not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etc

   pure nitrogen

2. free from tainting or polluting matter; clean; wholesome

   pure water

3. free from moral taint or defilement

   pure love

4. (prenominal) (intensifier)

   pure stupidity

   a pure coincidence

5. (of a subject, etc) studied in its theoretical aspects rather than for its practical applications Compare applied

   pure mathematics

   pure science

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. genetics biology breeding true for one or more characteristics; homozygous

10. music

    1. (of a sound) composed of a single frequency without overtones

    2. (of intervals in the system of just intonation) mathematically accurate in respect to the ratio of one frequency to another