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Webster 1913 Edition


Meer

Meer

(mēr)
,
Adj.
Simple; unmixed. See
Mere
,
Adj.
[Obs.]

Meer

,
Noun.
See
Mere
, a lake.

Meer

,
Noun.
A boundary. See
Mere
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Meer

MEER

,
Adj.
Simple; unmixed; usually written mere.

MEER

,
Noun.
A lake; a boundary. [See Mere.]

Definition 2024


Meer

Meer

See also: meer and -meer

Alemannic German

Noun

Meer n (plural Meer)

  1. sea

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mere, mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognate with Dutch meer (lake), Low German Meer, meer, English mere (sea, lake).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meːɐ̯/
  • Homophone: mehr
  • Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Noun

Meer n (genitive Meers or Meeres, plural Meere)

  1. sea
  2. (archaic, except in placenames) lake

Declension

Synonyms

  • (sea): See f
  • (lake): See m

Derived terms

meer

meer

See also: Meer and -meer

English

Noun

meer (plural meers)

  1. A boundary.
  2. Obsolete form of mere (a lake).

Etymology 2

Adjective

meer (comparative meerer, superlative meerest)

  1. Obsolete form of mere.
    • John Enty
      For, is this more contrary to Scripture [] than 'tis to say, that our blessed Saviour is a meer Man []
    • Isaac Watts
      And so we may have an ever-growing Idea of infinite Number as well as infinite Space or Emptiness, yet it is a meer Idea, and hath no real Existence without us.


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch meer.

Noun

meer (plural mere)

  1. lake

Synonyms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːr
  • IPA(key): /meːr/, [mɪːr]

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mere, from Old Dutch *meri, from Proto-Germanic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Low German Meer, meer, German Meer, West Frisian mar, English mere.

Noun

meer n (plural meren, diminutive meertje n)

  1. lake
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch mere, from Old Dutch *mēro, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Cognate with Low German and German mehr, West Frisian mear, English more, Danish mere.

Determiner

meer

  1. comparative degree of veel; more.
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch meer, from Old Dutch mēr. This form stood alongside the older Middle Dutch mee, from Old Dutch *mē, from Proto-Germanic *maiz.

Adverb

meer

  1. anymore, any longer

Latin

Verb

meer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of meō