| English | French |
|---|---|
| pure | pur |
| pure | pudique |
| pure | absolu |
| pure | rectifié |
| pure | clair |
| pure | innocent |
| pure | sincère |
| pure | chaste |
| pure | immaculé |
| pure | nickel |
| French | English |
|---|---|
| pure | clean |
| pure | clear |
| pure | clear conscience |
| pure | pristine |
English - Wordnet 3.0
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ADJECTIVE (7) 1. free of extraneous elements of any kind; - Example: "pure air and water" - Example: "pure gold" - Example: "pure primary colors" - Example: "the violin's pure and lovely song" - Example: "pure tones" - Example: "pure oxygen" 2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; - Example: "an arrant fool" - Example: "a complete coward" - Example: "a consummate fool" - Example: "a double-dyed villain" - Example: "gross negligence" - Example: "a perfect idiot" - Example: "pure folly" - Example: "what a sodding mess" - Example: "stark staring mad" - Example: "a thoroughgoing villain" - Example: "utter nonsense" - Example: "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] 3. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black; [syn: saturated, pure] 4. free from discordant qualities; 5. concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; - Example: "pure science" 6. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; - Example: "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath - Example: "pure as the driven snow" 7. in a state of sexual virginity; - Example: "pure and vestal modesty" - Example: "a spinster or virgin lady" - Example: "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous] | |