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Meaning of 'mine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mine [ n.]
- See Mien.
2 . Mine [ pron. & a.]
- Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel.
3 . Mine [ v. i.]
- To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or otherwise.
- To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.
- A subterranean cavity or passage
- A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries.
- A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent.
- Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
- Fig.: A rich source of wealth or other good.
4 . Mine [ v. t.]
- To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
- To dig into, for ore or metal.
- To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.

Meaning of 'mine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mine [ v]
Meaning (1):
- get from the earth by excavation
Example in sentence:
  • mine ores and metals
Meaning (2):
- lay mines
Example in sentence:
  • The Vietnamese mined Cambodia

Nearby Words:

mina minable minaceous minacious minacity minae minaret minargent minas minatorially

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