A mine is a hole in the earth from which workers take valuable things: coal, diamonds, copper. It is also a bomb that explodes when it's touched, often buried in the earth.
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Noun
explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
Noun
excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
Verb
lay mines; "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"
Verb
get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals"
n.
See Mien.
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.
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.
v. i.
To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or
lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.
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.
v. t.
To dig into, for ore or metal.
v. t.
To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.
v. i.
A subterranean cavity or passage
v. i.
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.
v. i.
A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other
work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some
explosive agent.
v. i.
Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by
digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
v. i.
Fig.: A rich source of wealth or other good.
Mine
Mine
I kept myself from mine iniquity.
When a man deceives me once, says the Italian proverb, it is his fault; when twice, it is mine.
This title honors me and mine.
She shall have me and mine.
Mine
Mine
They mined the walls.
Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers... had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity.2.
Lead veins have been traced... but they have not been mined.3.
The principal ore mined there is the bituminous cinnabar.
Mine
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Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate;
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 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.
A subterranean cavity or passage
Usage Examples
Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
Bader's philosophy was my philosophy. His whole attitude to life was mine.
After wrestling with myself for six months, I began medical treatment. During that time I started a band with some friends of mine called Jack's Car, but that didn't last.
A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Hey, we all have our fear. Mine is bugs and lobsters!
Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine.
Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food.
And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me.
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Other Usage Examples'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel my other films are, or respond to them as provocation, then that's quite different. 'Funny Games' is the only one of mine where my intention was to provoke the audience.
A lot of Jews are great friends of mine.
A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.
Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine.
A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.
Drill everything, mine everything, roll back regulations, tweak the science, expedite permits. Sound familiar? The Republicans offer up more 19th-Century solutions to our 21st-Century energy problems.
A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a Campbell's Soup kid.
I am going to spend my time today just thanking the people that played a role in my career, because I truly do believe that I was blessed by a lot of people that paths crossed mine as I went down the road in my career.
Deep Throat is a guy who could have your files and mine in his trust.
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