Definition of PURE

pure

Plural: pures

Adjective

  • Free from contaminants; unmixed; clean.
  • 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"
  • (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
  • (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; - Sylvia Plath
    • "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"
    • "pure as the driven snow"

Adjective Satellite

  • without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
    • "pure folly"
  • free from discordant qualities
  • concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
    • "pure science"
  • in a state of sexual virginity
    • "pure and vestal modesty"
    • "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"

Adj

  • Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
  • Free of foreign material or pollutants.
  • Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
  • Mere; that and that only.
  • Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
  • Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
  • Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
  • A lot of.

Adv

  • to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.

Verb

  • To hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately.
  • To cleanse; to refine.

Noun

  • One who, or that which, is pure.
  • Alternative form of puer (“dung (e.g. of dogs)”).

Examples

  • His Scrabble play was pure strategy, untainted by risky gambles.
  • That idea is pure madness!
  • Tiger Woods pured his first drive straight down the middle of the fairway.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere”) (from Old English hlūtor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr), Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr), Middle English smete, smeate (“pure, refined”) (from Old English smǣte; compare Old English mǣre (“pure”)).

Scrabble Score: 6

pure: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pure: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pure: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

pure: valid Words With Friends Word