MERE

noun a pool or lake.

2. mere ·vt to divide, limit, or bound.

3. mere ·noun a mare.

4. mere ·noun a boundary.

5. mere ·superl unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified.

6. mere ·superl only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form.