Associations to the word «Mere»

Wiktionary

MERE, noun. (obsolete) the sea
MERE, noun. (dialectal or literary) a pool; a small lake or pond; marsh
MERE, noun. Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line
MERE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To limit; bound; divide or cause division in.
MERE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To set divisions and bounds.
MERE, adjective. (obsolete) famous.
MERE, adjective. (obsolete) Pure, unalloyed [8th-17thc.].
MERE, adjective. (obsolete) Nothing less than; complete, downright [15th-18thc.].
MERE, adjective. Just, only; no more than [from 16thc.], pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
MERE, noun. A Maori war-club
MERE MORTAL, noun. One who is not a god; a human being.
MERE MORTAL, noun. (idiomatic) An ordinary person; Someone without special abilities or status.
MERE MORTALS, noun. Plural of mere mortal

Dictionary definition

MERE, noun. A small pond of standing water.
MERE, adjective. Being nothing more than specified; "a mere child".
MERE, adjective. Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.