mere meaning

• Adjective: mere (merer,merest)  mir [N. Amer], miu(r) [Brit]
  1. Being nothing more than specified
     "a mere child" 
  2. Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
     "shocked by the mere idea"
     - bare, simple
  Noun: mere  mir [N. Amer], miu(r) [Brit]
  Usage: Brit
  
  1. A small pond of standing water

  Sounds like: mir

  Derived forms: merer, meres, merest

  See also: plain, specified

  Type of: pond, pool

  Encyclopedia: Mere Mere, Cheshire Mere, Wiltshire

• a mere trifle:    [American slang]Fi ...
• mere equity:    [Law]A right affec ...
• mere swine:     noun (obsolete)1. ...

Examples

1. the stream had thinned down to a mere trickle.
2. i am a mere instrument, not an agent.
3. the mere sight of snakes makes my flesh creep.
4. we mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.
5. this was a mere raiding of the borders.