mere (n.)

  1. a small pond of standing water

    mere (adj.)

  1. being nothing more than specified; a mere child'

  2. 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

    [ Syn: bare , simple ]

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