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purer


 
  Overview  of  adj  pure 
 
  The  adj  pure  has  8  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (28)  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") 
  2.  (3)  arrant,  complete,  consummate,  double-dyed,  everlasting,  gross,  perfect,  pure,  sodding,  stark,  staring,  thoroughgoing,  utter  --  (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.  (2)  pure  --  (concerned  with  theory  and  data  rather  than  practice;  opposed  to  applied;  "pure  science") 
  4.  (1)  saturated,  pure  --  ((of  color)  being  chromatically  pure;  not  diluted  with  white  or  gray  or  black) 
  5.  (1)  pure  --  (free  from  discordant  qualities) 
  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") 
  7.  pure,  vestal,  virgin,  virginal,  virtuous  --  (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.  pure,  unmixed,  undiluted  --  (not  mixed;  "pure  oxygen") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  pure 
 
  8  senses  of  pure 
 
  Sense  1 
  pure  (vs.  impure) 
 
  impure  (vs.  pure) 
  =>  adulterate,  adulterated,  debased 
  =>  alloyed 
  =>  bastardized,  bastardised 
  =>  composite 
  =>  contaminated,  polluted 
  =>  dirty,  dingy,  muddied,  muddy 
  =>  unpurified 
 
  Sense  2 
  arrant(postnominal),  complete(postnominal),  consummate(postnominal),  double-dyed(postnominal),  everlasting(postnominal),  gross(postnominal),  perfect(postnominal),  pure(postnominal),  sodding(postnominal),  stark(postnominal),  staring(postnominal),  thoroughgoing(postnominal),  utter(postnominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unmitigated)  ->  mitigated 
 
  Sense  3 
  pure 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  theoretical)  ->  applied 
 
  Sense  4 
  saturated  (vs.  unsaturated),  pure 
 
 
  Sense  5 
  pure 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  harmonious)  ->  inharmonious,  unharmonious 
 
  Sense  6 
  pure  (vs.  impure) 
 
  impure  (vs.  pure) 
  =>  defiled,  maculate 
 
  Sense  7 
  pure,  vestal,  virgin,  virginal,  virtuous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  chaste)  ->  unchaste 
 
  Sense  8 
  pure,  unmixed,  undiluted 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  absolute)  ->  relative 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  pure 
 
  8  senses  of  pure 
 
  Sense  1 
  pure  (vs.  impure) 
  =>  axenic 
  =>  clean,  fresh 
  =>  clean,  clear,  light,  unclouded 
  =>  fine,  f. 
  =>  native 
  =>  plain,  sheer,  unmingled,  unmixed 
  =>  pristine 
  =>  purified,  refined,  sublimate 
  =>  unadulterated 
  =>  unalloyed 
  =>  uncontaminated,  unpolluted 
  =>  virginal 
  Also  See->  clean#6;  processed#3 
 
  Sense  2 
  arrant(postnominal),  complete(postnominal),  consummate(postnominal),  double-dyed(postnominal),  everlasting(postnominal),  gross(postnominal),  perfect(postnominal),  pure(postnominal),  sodding(postnominal),  stark(postnominal),  staring(postnominal),  thoroughgoing(postnominal),  utter(postnominal) 
  =>  unmitigated  (vs.  mitigated) 
 
  Sense  3 
  pure 
  =>  theoretical  (vs.  applied) 
 
  Sense  4 
  saturated  (vs.  unsaturated),  pure 
  =>  intense,  vivid 
 
  Sense  5 
  pure 
  =>  harmonious  (vs.  inharmonious) 
 
  Sense  6 
  pure  (vs.  impure) 
  =>  immaculate,  undefiled 
  =>  white 
  Also  See->  chaste#1 
 
  Sense  7 
  pure,  vestal,  virgin,  virginal,  virtuous 
  =>  chaste  (vs.  unchaste) 
 
  Sense  8 
  pure,  unmixed,  undiluted 
  =>  absolute  (vs.  relative) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  pure 
 
  2  of  8  senses  of  pure 
 
  Sense  1 
  pure  (vs.  impure) 
  =>  purity,  pureness 
 
  Sense  6 
  pure  (vs.  impure) 
  =>  morality 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  pure 
 
  pure  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  8) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  pure 
  impure 
  pure 
  pure  and  simple 
  pureblood 
  pureblooded 
  purebred 
 
  Overview  of  adj  pure 
 
  The  adj  pure  has  8  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (28)  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") 
  2.  (3)  arrant,  complete,  consummate,  double-dyed,  everlasting,  gross,  perfect,  pure,  sodding,  stark,  staring,  thoroughgoing,  utter  --  (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.  (2)  pure  --  (concerned  with  theory  and  data  rather  than  practice;  opposed  to  applied;  "pure  science") 
  4.  (1)  saturated,  pure  --  ((of  color)  being  chromatically  pure;  not  diluted  with  white  or  gray  or  black) 
  5.  (1)  pure  --  (free  from  discordant  qualities) 
  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") 
  7.  pure,  vestal,  virgin,  virginal,  virtuous  --  (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.  pure,  unmixed,  undiluted  --  (not  mixed;  "pure  oxygen") 



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