pure
adj 1: 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" [ant: {impure}]
2: 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" [syn: {arrant(a)}, {complete(a)},
{consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)}, {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)},
{perfect(a)}, {pure(a)}, {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)},
{thoroughgoing(a)}, {utter(a)}]
3: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white
or gray or black [syn: {saturated}] [ant: {unsaturated}]
4: free from discordant qualities
5: concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed
to applied; "pure science"
6: 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" [ant: {impure}]
7: 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" [syn: {vestal}, {virgin},
{virginal}, {virtuous}]
8: not mixed; "pure oxygen" [syn: {unmixed}, {undiluted}]