Pureadjective
Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
Trueadjective
(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
âThis is a true story.â;
Pureadjective
Free of foreign material or pollutants.
Trueadjective
Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
âa true copy;â; âa true likeness of the originalâ;
Pureadjective
Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
Trueadjective
(logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
â"A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true.â;
Pureadjective
Mere; that and that only.
âThat idea is pure madness!â;
Trueadjective
Loyal, faithful.
âHeâs turned out to be a true friend.â;
Pureadjective
(of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
Trueadjective
Genuine.
âThis is true Parmesan cheese.â;
Pureadjective
(phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
Trueadjective
Legitimate.
âThe true king has returned!â;
Pureadjective
(of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
Trueadjective
Accurate; following a path toward the target.
Pureadverb
(Liverpool) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
âYouâre pure busy.â;
Trueadjective
Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
Purenoun
Feces, especially dog feces gathered in pre-20th-century England for use in the tanning of leather.
Trueadverb
(of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.
âthis gun shoots trueâ;
Purenoun
alternative form of puer
Truenoun
(uncountable) The state of being in alignment.
Pureverb
(golf) to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately
âTiger Woods pured his first drive straight down the middle of the fairway.â;
Truenoun
Truth.
Pureadjective
Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
âThe pure fetters on his shins great.â; âA guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.â;
Truenoun
A pledge or truce.
Pureadjective
Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; - applied to persons.
âNow the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience.â;
Trueverb
To straighten.
âHe trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel.â;
Pureadjective
Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; - applied to things and actions.
âSuch was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records.â;
Trueverb
To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.
âWe spent all night truing up the report.â;
Pureadjective
Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
âThou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.â;
Trueadjective
Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.
Pureadjective
Of a single, simple sound or tone; - said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
Trueadjective
Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.
âMaking his eye, foot, and hand keep true time.â;
Pureadjective
free of extraneous elements of any kind;
âpure air and waterâ; âpure goldâ; âpure primary colorsâ; âthe violin's pure and lovely songâ; âpure tonesâ;
Trueadjective
Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge.
âThy so true,So faithful, love unequaled.â; âDare to be true: nothing can need a lie.â;
Pureadjective
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
âan arrant foolâ; âa complete cowardâ; âa consummate foolâ; âa double-dyed villainâ; âgross negligenceâ; âa perfect idiotâ; âpure follyâ; âwhat a sodding messâ; âstark staring madâ; âa thoroughgoing villainâ; âutter nonsenseâ;
Trueadjective
Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.
âThe true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.â; âTrue ease in writing comes from art, not chance.â;
Pureadjective
concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied;
âpure scienceâ;
Trueadjective
Genuine; real; not deviating from the essential characters of a class; as, a lizard is a true reptile; a whale is a true, but not a typical, mammal.
Pureadjective
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black
Trueadverb
In accordance with truth; truly.
Pureadjective
free from discordant qualities
Truenoun
proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment;
âout of trueâ;
Pureadjective
used of persons or behaviors; having no faults; sinless;
âI felt pure and sweet as a new babyâ; âpure as the driven snowâ;
Trueverb
make level, square, balanced, or concentric;
âtrue up the cylinder of an engineâ;
Pureadjective
in a state of sexual virginity;
âpure and vestal modestyâ; âa spinster or virgin ladyâ; âmen have decreed that their women must be pure and virginalâ;
Trueadjective
consistent with fact or reality; not false;
âthe story is trueâ; âit is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it trueâ; âthe true meaning of the statementâ;
Pureadjective
not mixed;
âpure oxygenâ;
Trueadjective
not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin;
âreal minkâ; âtrue goldâ;
Trueadjective
conforming to definitive criteria;
âthe horseshoe crab is not a true crabâ; âPythagoras was the first true mathematicianâ;
Trueadjective
accurately placed or thrown;
âhis aim was trueâ; âhe was dead on targetâ;
Trueadjective
devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth;
âtrue believers bonded together against all who disagreed with themâ;
Trueadjective
expressing or given to expressing the truth;
âa true statementâ; âgave truthful testimonyâ; âa truthful personâ;
Trueadjective
worthy of being depended on;
âa dependable workerâ; âan honest working stiffâ; âa reliable source of informationâ; âhe was true to his wordâ; âI would be true for there are those who trust meâ;
Trueadjective
not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed;
âgenuine emotionâ; âher interest in people was unfeignedâ; âtrue griefâ;
Trueadjective
rightly so called;
âtrue courageâ; âa spirit which true men have always admiredâ; âa true friendâ;
Trueadjective
determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles;
âtrue north is geographic northâ;
Trueadjective
having a legally established claim;
âthe legitimate heirâ; âthe true and lawful kingâ;
Trueadjective
in tune; accurate in pitch;
âa true noteâ;
Trueadjective
accurately fitted; level;
âthe window frame isn't quite trueâ;
Trueadjective
reliable as a basis for action;
âa true prophesyâ;
Trueadverb
as acknowledged;
âtrue, she is the smartest in her classâ;