The meaning of PURE is unmixed with any other matter. How to use pure in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pure.

Pure definition: free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter.. See examples of PURE used in a sentence.

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 …

Idiom be as pure as the driven snow (Definition of pure from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Definition of pure adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you describe a form of art or a philosophy as pure, you mean that it is produced or practised according to a standard or form that is expected of it.

pure /pyʊr/ adj., pur•er, pur•est. free from any extra matter or material: pure enough to drink. not changed by mixing; clear: pure white. complete; absolute:[before a noun] a pure accident. of …

3 days ago · From Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”).

There are 36 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pure, 11 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Some common synonyms of pure are chaste, decent, and modest. While all these words mean "free from all taint of what is lewd or salacious," pure differs from chaste in implying innocence …