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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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