Results for mere

Definitions of mere:

part of speech: superlative

Merest.

part of speech: adjective

Such and no more; simple; as, the mere mention of such a thing frightened him.

part of speech: adjective

This or that only; distinct from anything else; simple; absolute.

part of speech: noun

A boundary.

part of speech: noun

Formerly, a lake or pool.

part of speech: adjective

Unmixed: pure: only this and nothing else: alone: absolute.

part of speech: noun

A pool or lake.

Usage examples for mere:

• " Suppose we were on that this minute," he said to Daphne, and Daphne covered her eyes and shook with horror at the mere thought of it. "The Spartan Twins", Lucy (Fitch) Perkins

• At first her startled face told only of surprise; indeed his mere presence there gave her no reason to feel more. "A Man's Hearth", Eleanor M. Ingram

• She might hate Hohenhauer, but his mere presence would have made the past live again. "Black Oxen", Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

• I assured him time after time that he must have a splendid chance of his blue, but I don't believe that the mere fact of getting his blue meant very much to him. "Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate", Charles Turley