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Webster 1913 Edition


Mear

Mear

,
Noun.
A boundary. See
Mere
.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Mear

MEAR.

[See Mere.]

Definition 2024


mear

mear

See also: méar

English

Noun

mear (plural mears)

  1. Alternative form of mere ("boundary").

See also


Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch maar.

Conjunction

mear

  1. but

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲaɾˠ]

Adjective

mear (genitive singular masculine mir, genitive singular feminine mire)

  1. quick
  2. swift
  3. rapid
  4. sudden
  5. impetuous

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mear mhear unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin mediāre, present active infinitive of mediō, from Latin medius.

Verb

mear (first-person singular present indicative meio, past participle meado)

  1. to halve (divide into two)

Conjugation

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin meiāre < Latin meiere, present active infinitive of meiō. Compare Portuguese mijar.

Verb

mear (first-person singular present meo, first-person singular preterite meé, past participle meado)

  1. to piss
  2. (reflexive) to piss oneself

Conjugation

Synonyms

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian māra, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (more), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (many). Cognate with Dutch meer, Low German and German mehr, English more, Danish mere.

Adjective

mear

  1. more