mere
IPA: mˈɪr
noun
- Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line.
- (dialectal or literary) A body of standing water, such as a lake or a pond. More specifically, it can refer to a lake that is broad in relation to its depth. Also included in place names such as Windermere.
- A Maori war-club.
- A village and civil parish in northern Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7381).
- A small town and civil parish with a town council in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8132).
- A sub-municipality in East Flanders, Belgium.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of mayor and mair.
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To limit; bound; divide or cause division in.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To set divisions and bounds.
- (cartography) To decide upon the position of a boundary; to position it on a map.
adjective
- Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
- (obsolete) Pure, unalloyed .
- (obsolete) Nothing less than; complete, downright .
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