pure · adj
pure (CLEAN)
B1 clean and healthy
Dictionary examples:
I thought the gym was a pure place until I saw the locker room. (0.0)
My cat thinks the litter box is purer than my new sofa. (0.0)
My neighbor's dog thinks our garden is the purest bathroom ever. (0.0)
The water isn't chemically pure. (50.7)
The mountain air was wonderfully pure. (59.0)
pure (NOT MIXED)
B1 A pure substance is not mixed with anything else.
Dictionary examples:
The chef insists on using pure butter, even in the fruit salad. (0.0)
He drinks only pure spring water, but from a rusty old bucket. (0.0)
My cat only drinks pure water, turning her nose up at my coffee. (0.0)
pure gold (15.7)
a pure cotton shirt (22.1)
pure (EMPHASIS)
B2 used to emphasize that a feeling, quality, or state is completely and only that thing
Dictionary examples:
pure coincidence (30.9)
Her face had a look of pure delight. (32.3)