The noun mere has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. mere -- (a small pond of standing water)
Overview of adj mere
The adj mere has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (22) mere -- (being nothing more than specified; "a mere child")
2. (4) bare, mere, simple -- (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")