pure

pure

 (pyo͝or)

adj. pur·er, pur·est

1.

a. Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed: pure oxygen.

b. Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements: pure water.

c. Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous: a pure style of piano playing.

2. Complete; utter: pure folly.

3.

a. Having no moral failing or guilt: "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby" (Sylvia Plath).

b. Chaste; virgin.

4. Of unmixed blood or ancestry.

5. Genetics Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous: a pure line.

6. Music Free from discordant qualities: pure tones.

7. Linguistics Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal: a pure vowel.

8. Theoretical; not applied: pure science.

9. Philosophy Free of empirical elements: pure reason.

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[Middle English pur, from Old French, from Latin pūrus; see peuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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pure′ly adv.

pure′ness n.

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pure

(pjʊə)

adj

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: pure mathematics; pure science. Compare applied

6. (Phonetics & Phonology) (of a vowel) pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthongal

7. (Linguistics) (of a consonant) not accompanied by another consonant

8. (Anthropology & Ethnology) of supposedly unmixed racial descent

9. (Genetics) genetics biology breeding true for one or more characteristics; homozygous

10. (Biology) genetics biology breeding true for one or more characteristics; homozygous

11. (Music, other) music

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

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

[C13: from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus unstained]

ˈpureness n

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pure

(pyʊər)

adj. pur•er, pur•est.

1. free from adulterating or extraneous matter: pure gold.

2. free from contamination, pollution, or dirt; clean: pure water.

3. not modified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous: pure white.

4. absolute; utter; sheer: pure joy.

5. being that and nothing else; mere: a pure accident.

6. of unmixed descent or ancestry.

7. free from foreign elements: pure Attic Greek.

8. free from blemishes; clear; spotless: pure skin.

9. (of literary style) straightforward; unaffected.

10. abstract or theoretical (opposed to applied): pure science.

11. without any discordant quality; clear and true: a pure tone in music.

12. untainted with evil or guilt; innocent.

13. physically chaste; virgin.

14. ceremonially or ritually clean.

15. independent of sense or experience: pure knowledge.

16. Genetics.

a. homozygous.

b. containing only one characteristic for a trait.

17. (of a vowel sound) maintaining the same quality throughout its duration; monophthongal.

[1250–1300; Middle English pur < Old French < Latin pūrus clean, unmixed, plain, pure]

pure′ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	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" clean - ritually clean or pure processed - prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process; "processed ores" impure - combined with extraneous elements
	2.	pure - 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"; "the unadulterated truth" arrant, double-dyed, sodding, utter, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, staring, perfect, everlasting, consummate, stark, complete, gross unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"
	3.	pure - (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black saturated
	4.	pure - free from discordant qualities harmonious - musically pleasing
	5.	pure - concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science" theoretical - concerned with theories rather than their practical applications; "theoretical physics"
	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" chaste - morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste" impure - (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts"
	7.	pure - 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" vestal, virgin, virtuous, virginal chaste - morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste"

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pure

adjective

1. unmixed, real, clear, true, simple, natural, straight, perfect, genuine, neat, authentic, flawless, unalloyed The ancient alchemists tried to transmute base metals into pure gold.
unmixed mixed, flawed, alloyed, imperfect, adulterated

2. clean, immaculate, sterile, wholesome, sanitary, spotless, sterilized, squeaky-clean, unblemished, unadulterated, untainted, disinfected, uncontaminated, unpolluted, pasteurized, germ-free Demands for pure and clean river water.
clean dirty, infected, contaminated, polluted, filthy, tainted, impure

3. theoretical, abstract, philosophical, speculative, academic, conceptual, hypothetical, conjectural, non-practical Physics isn't just about pure science with no practical applications.
theoretical applied, practical

4. complete, total, perfect, absolute, mere, sheer, patent, utter, outright, thorough, downright, palpable, unqualified, out-and-out, unmitigated The old man turned to give her a look of pure surprise.
complete qualified

5. innocent, virgin, modest, good, true, moral, maidenly, upright, honest, immaculate, impeccable, righteous, virtuous, squeaky-clean, blameless, chaste, virginal, unsullied, guileless, uncorrupted, unstained, undefiled, unspotted a pure and chaste maiden
innocent corrupt, spoiled, contaminated, obscene, indecent, untrue, immoral, sinful, unclean, defiled, impure, immodest, unchaste

Quotations
"My strength is as the strength of ten"
"Because my heart is pure" [Alfred, Lord Tennyson `Sir Galahad']
"Unto the pure all things are pure" Bible: II Timothy

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pure

adjective

1. Not diluted or mixed with other substances:

full-strength, neat, plain, straight, unblended, undiluted, unmixed.

2. Free from extraneous elements:

absolute, perfect, plain, sheer, simple, unadulterated, undiluted, unmixed.

3. Completely such, without qualification or exception:

absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter.

Informal: flat-out, positive.

Chiefly British: blooming.

4. Free from evil and corruption:

angelic, angelical, clean, innocent, lily-white, sinless, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, untainted, virginal.

Idiom: pure as the driven snow.

5. Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct:

chaste, decent, modest, nice, virgin, virginal, virtuous.

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Translations

تام، كامِلصافٍ، نَقي، خالِصعَفيف، طاهِرنَقِيٌّواضِح، صافٍ

čistýryzíúplnýčirý

renklar

reinpurgediegenvölligzweckfrei

αγνός

puro

puhdasviatonvirheetön

purnetpropre

čist

tiszta

algerhreinnhreinn, flekklausómengaîur, ekta

puropuro casopudicopulito

純粋な

순수한

grynakraujisgrynaveislisgryninimasgrynintigrynumas

pilnīgs, tīrsskaidrstīrs

puur

ren

czysty

puro

чистый

čist

ren

บริสุทธิ์

safsırftamamentemizkusursuz

tinh khiết

十足的完全的清亮的纯洁的纯的

pure

[pjʊəʳ]

A. ADJ (purer (compar) (purest (superl)))

1. (= unadulterated) [wool, alcohol, substance] → puro; [silk] → natural
a pure wool jumper → un jersey de lana pura
it's blackmail, pure and simple → esto es chantaje, lisa y llanamente

2. (= clean, clear) [air, water, sound, light] → puro

3. (= sheer) [pleasure, luck, coincidence, speculation] → puro
the whole story was pure invention → todo fue puro cuento
by pure chance → por pura casualidad

4. (= theoretical) → puro
pure mathematics/science → matemáticas fpl/ciencias fpl puras

5. (= virgin, blameless) → puro
pure in or of heart (liter) → limpio de corazón
pure in mind and body → de mente y cuerpo puros
as pure as the driven snow → puro como la nieve

B. CPD pure vowel N → vocal f simple

PURE

Position of "puro"
You should generally put puro after the noun when you mean pure in the sense of "uncontaminated" or "unadulterated" and before the noun in the sense of "sheer" or "plain": ...pure olive oil... ...aceite puro de oliva... It's pure coincidence Es pura coincidencia

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pure

[ˈpjʊə^r] adj

(= unmixed, unadulterated) [silk, wool, orange juice] → pur(e) before n; [gold, white] → pur(e) after n
a ring made of pure gold → une bague en or pur
This dress is pure silk → Cette robe est en pure soie.
a pure wool jumper → un pull en pure laine
pure orange juice → du pur jus d'orange

(= clean) [water, air] → pur(e)

(= complete) [coincidence, luck] → pur(e) before n; [speculation] → pur(e) before n; [genius] → à l'état pur
It was pure luck that our paths crossed → Ce fut par pure chance que nos chemins se sont croisés.
I had planted them for the pure pleasure of it → Je les avais plantés par pur plaisir.
pure joy → une joie sans mélange
When the sun shone, it was pure joy to cruise along the rivers
BUT Quand le soleil brillait, c'était une pure joie de voguer le long des rivières.
To sleep on my own was pure bliss → Dormir toute seule était un pur bonheur.
a look of pure surprise → une expression de totale surprise, une expression de surprise totale
to be pure speculation → être pure spéculation
pure and simple → pur(e) et simple
pure and simple
It's blackmail pure and simple → C'est du chantage pur et simple.
They are murderers pure and simple → Ce sont des meurtriers, purement et simplement.
Grant came back because he loves me, pure and simple → Grant est revenu parce qu'il m'aime, purement et simplement.

(= theoretical) [science, maths, research] → pur(e)
He's doing pure maths → Il fait des mathématiques pures.

(= chaste) [woman, girl, thoughts] → pur(e)

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pure

adj (+er)

→ rein; motive → ehrlich, lauter (geh); (= utter) madness, nonsense etc also → reinste(r, s); she stared at him in pure disbelief → sie starrte ihn ganz ungläubig an; by pure chance → durch puren Zufall, rein zufällig; malice pure and simple → reine Bosheit; a pure wool dress → ein Kleid aus reiner Wolle, ein reinwollenes Kleid; blessed are the pure in heart (Bibl) → selig, die reinen Herzens sind

(= theoretical) chemistry → rein, theoretisch; maths, research, science → rein

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pure

[pjʊəʳ] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) → puro/a
the pure in heart → i puri di cuore
as pure as the driven snow → innocente come un bambino
a pure wool jumper → un golf di pura lana
pure mathematics → matematica pura
it's laziness pure and simple → è pura pigrizia
by pure chance → per puro caso

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pure

(ˈpjuə) adjective

1. not mixed with anything especially dirty or less valuable. pure gold. suiwer صافٍ، نَقي، خالِص чист puro čistý pur ren καθαρός, ανόθευτοςpuro ehe خالص puhdas purטהור शुद्ध tiszta murni ómengaður, ekta puro 純粋な 순수한 grynas tīrs tulen zuiverrein, ekteczysty خالص puro pur чистый čistý, rýdzi čist čist ren, oblandad, äkta บริสุทธิ์ saf 純粹的 чистий; бездомішковий خالص nguyên chất; tinh khiết 纯粹的

2. clean, especially morally. pure thoughts. skoon عَفيف، طاهِر чист puro čistý rein ren αγνόςpuro puhas پاک puhdas purטהור साफ, निर्मल, विमल szeplőtlen, tiszta bersih hreinn, flekklaus puro 高潔な 깨끗한 tyras, doras tīrs; skaidrs bersih zuiverkysk, uskyldig, reinniewinny, czysty پاك puro pur чистый čistý čist čist ren สะอาด temiz 純潔的 непорочний, цнотливий پاک trong sáng 纯洁的

3. complete; absolute. a pure accident. heeltemal, volledig تام، كامِل чист total čirý, úplný völlig ren ξεκάθαροςpuro, completo selge کامل؛ محض puhdas purלגמרי निर्दोष, निष्पाप tiszta semata-mata alger puro 全くの 완전한 visiškas, grynas tīrs negadījums semata-mata louterreinczysty بشپړ، مكمل total pur şi simplu; nu mai mult decât чистый úplný čist čist ren อย่างสมบูรณ์ sırf, tamamen 完全的，十足的 цілковитий, повний مکمل، مطلق hoàn toàn 完全的，十足的

4. (of sounds) clear; keeping in tune. She sang in a high pure tone. suiwer واضِح، صافٍ чист límpido čistý rein klar; ren καθαρόςlímpido puhas صاف puhdas purזך शुद्ध, पवित्र tiszta jernih hreinn puro すんだ 맑은 aiškus, švarus tīrs; skaidrs jelas zuiverreinklarowny صاف ، او پاك límpido curat чистый, ясный čistý čist jasan ren ชัดเจน kusursuz 清亮的 виразний; ясний صاف trong trẻo 清亮的

ˈpurely adverb

suiwer بِصَفاء، بِوُضوح чисто puramente čistě, ryze pur klart; rent καθαράpuramente pelgalt بطور خالص؛ کاملاً puhtaasti purementלגמרי शुद्धता से, निर्दोषता से tisztán, szűziesen secara murni hreinlega puramente 純粋に 순전히 visiškai, išimtinai tīri; skaidri; pilnīgi; vienīgi dgn jelas zuiver, louterreintczysto سپيڅلى ، په خالص ډول puramente pur (şi simplu) чисто čisto čisto čisto rent อย่างบริสุทธิ์ bütünüyle 純粹地 цілковито خالص طور پر trong sáng; tinh khiết 纯粹地

ˈpureness noun

suiwerheid صَفاء، نَقاء، وَضوح،طَهارَه чистота pureza čistota, ryzost die Reinheit klarhed; renhed αγνότητα, καθαρότηταpureza puhtus خلوص؛ پاکی puhtaus puretéטהרה विशुद्धता, विशुद्धि, शुचिता tisztaság, szűziesség kemurnian hreinleiki purezza 純粋さ 순수함 grynumas tīrība; skaidrība ketulenan zuiverheidreinhetczystość پاكى ،سپيڅلتيا pureza puritate чистота čistota čistost čistoća renhet ความบริสุทธิ์ saflık 純粹 чистота پاکيزگي sự trong sáng; tinh khiết 纯粹

ˈpurity noun

suiwerheid نَقاء، نَقاوَه، صَفاء، خُلوص، طَهارَه чистота pureza čistota die Reinheit renhed αγνότητα, καθαρότηταpureza ehedus خلوص؛ پاکی puhtaus puretéטוהר शुद्धता, पवित्रता tisztaság kemurnian hreinleiki purezza 純粋さ 순수 grynumas tīrība; skaidrība ketulenan zuiverheidreinhetczystość پاكى ، صفايى pureza puritate чистота čistota, rýdzosť čistoča čistoća renhet ความบริสุทธิ์ saflık 純凈 чистота; непорочність پاکي nguyên chất 纯净

ˈpurify (-fai) verb

to make pure. What is the best way to purify the air? suiwer يُصَفّي، يُنَقّي، пречиствам purificar (pro)čistit reinigen rense καθαρίζω, εξαγνίζωpurificar puhastama پاک کردن؛ تصفیه کردن puhdistaa purifier לְטָהֵר शुद्ध करना, शोधित करना (meg)tisztít memurnikan hreinsa purificare 浄化する 정화하다 gryninti, (ap)valyti attīrīt menulenkan zuiverenrenseoczyścić پاكول،صافول purificar a purifica очищать (pre)čistiť očistiti očistiti rena ทำให้บริสุทธิ์ temizlemek, arıtmak 使純淨 очищати(ся) پاک کرنا lọc; làm sạch 使洁净

ˌpurifiˈcation (-fi-) noun

suiwering تَنْقِيَه، تَصْفِيَه пречистване purificação očištění die Reinigung rensning; renselse καθαρισμόςpurificación puhastumine تصفیه؛ تزکیه puhdistaminen purificationטיהור शोधन, निर्मलीकरण, स्वच्छीकरण tisztítás pemurnian hreinsun purificazione 浄化 정화 gryninimas, valymas attīrīšana penulenan zuiveringrensing oczyszczanie صاف ول ، پاك كول purificação purificare очистка očistenie očiščenje čišćenje rening, renande การทำให้บริสุทธิ์ temizleme, arıtım 淨化 очищення تطہير sự làm sạch 净化

ˌpure-ˈblooded adjective

of unmixed race. a pure-blooded Englishman. volvloed مِن أصْلٍ طَيِّب، شَريف الأصْل чистокръвен puro-sangue čistokrevný reinrassig renblodet; raceren καθαρόαιμος de raza pura puhtavereline اصیل puhdasrotuinen pur מִגֶזָע טָהוֹר विशुद्ध रक्त वाला fajtatiszta darah murni óblandaður, hreinn purosangue, di razza pura 純血の 순혈(종)의 grynakraujis tīrasiņu- berdarah jati rasechtreinraset czystej krwi سوچه، اصلي de raça pura de rasă (pură) чистокровный čistokrvný čistokrven čiste krvi renrasig, rasren สายเลือดบริสุทธิ์ katışıksız, saf kan 純血統的 чистокровний خالص نسل کا thuần chủng 纯血统的

ˌpure-ˈbred adjective

(of animals) of unmixed breed; thoroughbred. a pure-bred Arab horse. opreg حِصان أصيل породист puro-sangue čistokrevný reinrassig fuldblods- καθαρόαιμος de raza, de pura sangre puhtatõuline اصیل؛ از نژاد خالص puhdasrotuinen de race, pur sangגזעי विशुद्ध प्रजनित fajtatiszta, telivér trah, berdarah asli hreinræktaður di razza 純血種の 순혈(종)의 grynaveislis tīrasiņu-; šķirnes- baka jati rasechtraserein pełnej krwi, czystej rasy اصلى، سوچه puro-sangue de rasă, pursânge породистый čistokrvný rasen čistokrvni renrasig, rasren (สัตว์) พันธุ์แท้ melez olmayan, saf kan 純種的 чистокровний خالص نسل کا thuần chủng 纯种的

pure and simple

(used after a noun) nothing but. It was an accident pure and simple. eenvoudig net لَيْسَ إلا، بِكُل بَساطَه! чисто и просто pura e simplesmente nic než nichts als ren og skær; ganske enkelt τίποτ' άλλο από, απλά και μόνο puro y simple puhtal kujul همین و نه چیز دیگر eikä mitään muuta pur et simpleחד וחלק और कुछ नहीं puszta hanya hreinn og beinn puro e semplice 純然たる 완전한 ir nieko daugiau vienkāršs; nekas vairāk kā semata-mata niets anders dan rein og skjær i nic poza tym صاف او ساده pura e simplesmente pur şi simplu не что иное как nič iné ako, číry čisto preprosto jednostavno rena rama, ren och skär อย่างแท้ ๆ düpedüz, sadece 完完全全的 ніщо інше як بس، صرف chỉ có thế thôi 完完全全的

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pure

→ نَقِيٌّ čistý ren rein αγνός puro puhdas pur čist puro 純粋な 순수한 puur ren czysty puro чистый ren บริสุทธิ์ saf tinh khiết 纯的

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pure

a. puro-a, sin contaminación.

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pure

adj puro

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