mine

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   That or those belonging to me.

   • The house itself is mine, but the land is not.
   • These books are mine.
   • Ah, but how beautiful (my baby boy) is! And he is mine, mine for ever. Even if he hates me he will be mine. He cannot help it, he is made out of me; I am his father.
2. 2

   My

   My; belonging to me.

   • Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls!
3. 3

   An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of…

   An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

   • Meronyms: mine shaft, mineshaft; mine car
   • This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
   • He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
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   1. 4

      Any source of wealth or resources.

      • She's a mine of information about the history of mathematics.
      • To those seeking information about train services on the Continent, Cook's Continental Guide is always a mine of accurate information.
   2. 5

      A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.

      • The most famous mine of the American Civil War led to the Battle of the Crater.
   3. 6

      A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship,…

      A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.

      • Holonym: minefield
      • His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.
      • The warship was destroyed by floating mines.
   4. 7

      A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.

   5. 8

      The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.

   6. 9

      A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.

      • A change to the blockchain method was contemplated to allow mines to hog less electric power.
   7. 10

      To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.

      • Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
   8. 11

      To dig into, for ore or metal.

      • Lead veins have been traced […] but they have not been mined.
   9. 12

      To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).

      • We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
   10. 13

       To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).

   11. 14

       To dig a tunnel or hole

       To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.

       • the mining cony
   12. 15

       To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of

       To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.

       • They mined the walls.
       • Too lazy, perhaps, to cut [these immense trees] down, the spoilers […] had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity.
   13. 16

       To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.

   14. 17

       To tap into.

   15. 18

       To pick one's nose.

   16. 19

       To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

   17. 20

       Alternative form of mien.

   18. 21

       Honorific alternative letter-case form of mine, sometimes used when referring to God or…

       Honorific alternative letter-case form of mine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

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