mere / mir / mire [mi:r]
mere – adj., n. & v. – adj. – 1. renowned, illustrous; 2. unmixed, undiluted; n. – 1. a lake, pond, standing water, marsh, fen; 2. uncultivated land; 3. a boundary or borderland; 4. a mother; 5. a short, flat Maori war club; v. – 1. purify, refine; 2. delineate a boundary
mir – n. – 1. a traditional village community in Imperial Russia characterized by self government and local control of resources
mire – n. & v. – n. – 1. Gunnery a support used in sighting a gun; 2. Astronomy a meridian line or mark; v. – 1. look at one’s reflection; 2. wonder
Do Not Confuse With mire [mair] – adj., n. & v. – adj. – boggy, muddy; n. – 1. bog, swamp land; 2. ooze; v. – 1. entrap, engulf; 2. defile, pollute, soil