muff vs pure

muff

verb
  • To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly. 

  • To mishandle; to bungle. 

noun
  • A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. 

  • The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds. 

  • A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe. 

  • A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person. 

  • A woman or girl. 

  • An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands. 

  • A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm. 

  • Female pubic hair; female genitals (vulva, vagina), like muffin. See Thesaurus:vagina. 

  • A bird, the whitethroat. 

  • A muffin. 

pure

verb
  • to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately 

adj
  • Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. 

  • Free of foreign material or pollutants. 

  • Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied. 

  • Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science. 

  • Mere; that and that only. 

  • Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant. 

  • A lot of. 

  • Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean. 

adv
  • to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly. 

noun
  • One who, or that which, is pure. 

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