Adjective
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"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"3. concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied;
"pure science"4. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black
5. free from discordant qualities
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"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"8. not mixed;
"pure oxygen"