pure
Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
Adjective 4 meanings
Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
Free of foreign material or pollutants.
Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
Mere; that and that only.
“That idea is pure madness!”
Adverb 1 meaning
to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
“You’re pure busy.”
Verb 1 meaning
To hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately.
“Tiger Woods pured his first drive straight down the middle of the fairway.”
Noun 1 meaning
One who, or that which, is pure.
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”).
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PURE at a glance
PURE has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (P 3 + U 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,253 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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