Mere vs. Mear
Difference Between Mere and Mear
Mere➦
Being nothing more than what is specified
a mere child.
a mere 50 cents an hour.
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Mear➦
alternative form of mere.
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Mere➦
Considered apart from anything else
shocked by the mere idea.
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Mear➦
A boundary. See Mere.
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Mere➦
Small; slight
could detect only the merest whisper.
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Mere➦
(Obsolete) Pure; unadulterated.
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Mere➦
A small lake, pond, or marsh
"Sometimes on lonely mountain meres / I find a magic bark" (Tennyson).
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Mere➦
Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
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Mere➦
(obsolete) Pure, unalloyed .
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Mere➦
(obsolete) Nothing less than; complete, downright .
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Mere➦
Boundary, limit; a boundary-marker; boundary-line.
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Mere➦
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.
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Mere➦
(obsolete) mayor and {{en}}.
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Mere➦
A Maori war-club.
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Mere➦
To limit; bound; divide or cause division in.
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Mere➦
To set divisions and bounds.
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Mere➦
(cartography) To decide upon the position of a boundary; to position it on a map.
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Mere➦
A pool or lake.
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Mere➦
A boundary.
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Mere➦
A mare.
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Mere➦
To divide, limit, or bound.
Which meared her rule with Africa.
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Mere➦
Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified.
Then entered they the mere, main sea.
The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed.
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Mere➦
Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form.
From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation.
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Mere➦
a small pond of standing water
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Mere➦
being nothing more than specified;
a mere child
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Mere➦
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
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