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(satellite adjective) not mixed; "pure oxygen" |
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Synonyms: undiluted, unmixed |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous |
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(satellite adjective) concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science" |
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(satellite adjective) free from discordant qualities |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Antonyms: impure |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Antonyms: impure |
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(adjective) (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black |
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Synonyms: saturated |
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(satellite adjective) 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 thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense" |
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Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, utter |
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