pure

Meaning of pure

noun

One who, or that which, is pure.

verb
  1. To hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately
    Tiger Woods pured his first drive straight down the middle of the fairway.
  2. To cleanse; to refine.
adjective
  1. Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
  2. Free of foreign material or pollutants.
  3. Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
  4. Mere; that and that only.
    That idea is pure madness!
  5. (of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
  6. Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
  7. (of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
adverb
  1. To a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
    You’re pure busy.

noun

Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins.

noun

An archetype of eternal youth; (loosely), a man who remains emotionally childlike.

Information about pure

Hyphenation of pure

pure

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • pure is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

pure synonyms

Meaning arrant:

arrant, complete, consummate, everlasting, gross, perfect, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated

Meaning saturated:

saturated

Meaning vestal:

vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous

Meaning :

innocent, puer

pure antonyms

Meaning :

applied, dirty, flawed, impure, contaminated, corrupt, guilty, sinful

Translation of pure

Anagrams of pure

Peru, peru, Prue, puer, Rupe

Words that rhyme with pure

Apure, ultrapure, depure, repure, Maipure, guipure, impure, unpure, Hemopure, enantiopure, hyperpure, purpure, superpure, coupure

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