The meaning of PURE is unmixed with any other matter. How to use pure in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pure.

PURE definition: free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter. See examples of pure used in a sentence.

1. not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etc: pure nitrogen. 2. free from tainting or polluting matter; clean; wholesome: pure water. 3. free from moral taint or …

A person who is described as pure is considered to be morally good, especially because they have no sexual experience or sexual thoughts.

Idiom be as pure as the driven snow (Definition of pure from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

(prenominal) (intensifier): pure stupidity, a pure coincidence (of a subject, etc) studied in its theoretical aspects rather than for its practical applications: pure mathematics, pure science

There are 36 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pure, 11 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.