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mine en · DET · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /maɪ̯n/
  • (US) audio
  • (Philadelphia) audio
  • /ˈmaɪ.ɪn/ (Philadelphia)
  • mīn

Etymology

From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien, West Frisian myn, Dutch mijn, Low German mien, German mein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish min, Faroese and Icelandic mín.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, nonstandard) 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! 1936 December 23, Hazel Livingston, “‘Love’s Litany’”, in Walter V. Hogan, editor, The Daily Reporter, volume XX, number 53, White Plains, N.Y.: White Plains Publishing Company, →OCLC, chapter IX, page 18, column 4:
  2. (archaic, nonstandard) My; belonging to me. ▸ Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
    • […] Flesh and blood, / You, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, / […] 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
  3. (archaic, nonstandard) My; belonging to me. ▸ Used attributively before a vowel.
    • 1930 Winter, Packard Motor Car Company, The Packard Magazine, Volume 9, Number 2, page 6, Mine host, it seemed, did favors for everybody...
    • Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / […] 1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume IX, number LII, page 10:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
myne alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

mine host

mine en · PRON · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /maɪ̯n/
  • (US) audio
  • (Philadelphia) audio
  • /ˈmaɪ.ɪn/ (Philadelphia)
  • mīn

Etymology

From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien, West Frisian myn, Dutch mijn, Low German mien, German mein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish min, Faroese and Icelandic mín.

Meanings

  1. That or those belonging to me. ▸ Used predicatively.
    • These books are mine.
    • The house itself is mine, but the land is not.
    • 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. 1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 7
  2. That or those belonging to me. ▸ Used substantively, with an implied noun.
    • Mine has been a long journey.
    • ‘My name’s Felix Leiter,’ said the American. ‘Glad to meet you.’ ‘Mine’s Bond - James Bond.’ 1953, Ian Fleming, “Rouge et Noir”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 50:
  3. That or those belonging to me. ▸ Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
    • Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.
  4. (informal) That or those belonging to me. ▸ My house or home.
    • We had the party at mine.
  5. That or those belonging to me. ▸ As double possessive.
    • This house of mine is over 100 years old.
    • You have something of mine.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mine Number=Plur lexicographic
myne alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

your place or mine · stars o' mine · your guess is as good as mine · I got mine · the pleasure is all mine · of mine · friend of mine · mine host

Relateds

Ime · they · he · themhem · mymineme · me · thou · your · all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' · her · thyselftheeselfthysen · she · themselvestheirsen · y'allselves · oursourn · our · themself · himselfhisselfhissen · The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun · itselfhitself · one · yourselves · all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' · yoursyourn · archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun. · yourselfyoursen · itshishits · itshis · ourselvesourselfoursen · us · · their · him · we · you · one's · ithit · hishisn · including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete · thythine · myselfmemysen · theirstheirn · hershern · his · themselves · herselfhersen · youye · thine · you ally'all you guys yous · them · theirs · 'em · oneself · thee

Translations (140)

es de mí (that which belongs to me) · wyi nooga-leek (that which belongs to me) · ko 내 것 (that which belongs to me) · fa مرا (that which belongs to me) · he שֶׁלִּי (that which belongs to me) · rm il mieu (that which belongs to me) · rm ils mes (that which belongs to me) · la mei (that which belongs to me) · grc οὑμός (that which belongs to me) · ms kepunyaan patik (that which belongs to me) · ko 저의 것 (that which belongs to me) · hi मेरे (that which belongs to me) · egy n:A-i-i-A1 (that which belongs to me) · gd leamsa (that which belongs to me) · tyv мээңии (that which belongs to me) · ja 私の (that which belongs to me) · th นของฉัน (that which belongs to me) · ms milik hamba (that which belongs to me) · eve минӈи (that which belongs to me) · uk мій (that which belongs to me) · ms milik patik (that which belongs to me) · el δική μου (that which belongs to me) · la meus (that which belongs to me) · ru мой (that which belongs to me) · br ma hini (that which belongs to me) · mi nāhaku (that which belongs to me) · ka ჩემი (that which belongs to me) · af myne (that which belongs to me) · fr à moi (that which belongs to me) · tt минеке (that which belongs to me) · fi minun (that which belongs to me) · pl mój (that which belongs to me) · pjt ngayuku (that which belongs to me) · be мой (that which belongs to me) · zza mı (diq) (that which belongs to me) · bcl ko (that which belongs to me) · ja 私の (that which belongs to me) · alt мендийи (that which belongs to me) · ur میرا (that which belongs to me) · el δικό μου (that which belongs to me) · el δικός μου (that which belongs to me) · hy իմը (that which belongs to me) · ar بتاعي (that which belongs to me) · haw oʻu (that which belongs to me) · th นของดิฉัน (that which belongs to me) · rm las mias (that which belongs to me) · sv min (that which belongs to me) · lv mans (that which belongs to me) · ko 나의 것 (that which belongs to me) · ba минеке (that which belongs to me) · sah миэнэ (that which belongs to me) · ms milik daku (that which belongs to me) · de mein (that which belongs to me) · hi मेरा (that which belongs to me) · mnc ᠮᡳᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ (that which belongs to me) · uk моя́ (that which belongs to me) · eo mia (that which belongs to me) · ms milik saya (that which belongs to me) · mi nōhoku (that which belongs to me) · nl het mijne (that which belongs to me) · tl akin (that which belongs to me) · ro al meu (that which belongs to me) · nl de mijne (that which belongs to me) · sl mój (that which belongs to me) · ms kepunyaan beta (that which belongs to me) · ar لي (that which belongs to me) · hu enyéim (that which belongs to me) · krl minun (that which belongs to me) · sh mȏj (that which belongs to me) · no min (that which belongs to me) · kaa meniki (that which belongs to me) · ms kepunyaan hamba (that which belongs to me) · ms kepunyaan daku (that which belongs to me) · dlm maja (that which belongs to me) · gld мӣӈги (that which belongs to me) · hi मेरी (that which belongs to me) · el δικά μου (that which belongs to me) · uz meniki (that which belongs to me) · bg мой (that which belongs to me) · hu enyém (that which belongs to me) · ar حَقِّي (that which belongs to me) · fr le mien (that which belongs to me) · bah mines (that which belongs to me) · es mío (that which belongs to me) · cs můj (that which belongs to me) · fur(that which belongs to me) · mn ᠮᠢᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ (that which belongs to me) · kk менікі (that which belongs to me) · vi của tôi (that which belongs to me) · bua миниихи (that which belongs to me) · sk môj (that which belongs to me) · el δικές μου (that which belongs to me) · fi mun (that which belongs to me) · egy G40-i-i-A1 (that which belongs to me) · mk мој (that which belongs to me) · br ma re (that which belongs to me) · ms kepunyaan saya (that which belongs to me) · ml എന്റെ (that which belongs to me) · es lo mío (that which belongs to me) · ar لِيَّ (that which belongs to me) · de meins (that which belongs to me) · da min (that which belongs to me) · grc ἐμός (that which belongs to me) · pt meu (that which belongs to me) · zh 我的 (that which belongs to me) · sh мо̑ј (that which belongs to me) · bcl sako (that which belongs to me) · bua миниихин (that which belongs to me) · cmg ᠮᠢᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠡᠢ (that which belongs to me) · el δικοί μου (that which belongs to me) · mzn منی (that which belongs to me) · bcl sakuya (that which belongs to me) · gd agamsa (that which belongs to me) · egy t-A-i-i-A1 (that which belongs to me) · mi nōku (that which belongs to me) · hu enyémek (that which belongs to me) · haw aʻu (that which belongs to me) · dlg миньиэнэ (that which belongs to me) · mn минийх (that which belongs to me) · it il mio (that which belongs to me) · mi nāku (that which belongs to me) · ca el meu (that which belongs to me) · ms milik beta (that which belongs to me) · el δικιά μου (that which belongs to me) · apw shíí (that which belongs to me) · ar لِي (that which belongs to me) · is minn (that which belongs to me) · tr benim (that which belongs to me) · ms milik aku (that which belongs to me) · ca la meva (that which belongs to me) · fa مال من (that which belongs to me) · zdj -ahangu (that which belongs to me) · rm la mia (that which belongs to me) · kea nha (that which belongs to me) · az mənimki (that which belongs to me) · eo la mia (that which belongs to me) · lv manējs (that which belongs to me) · rup njeu (that which belongs to me) · kjh мини (that which belongs to me) · th นของผม (that which belongs to me)

mine en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /maɪ̯n/
  • (US) audio
  • (Philadelphia) audio
  • /ˈmaɪ.ɪn/ (Philadelphia)
  • mīn

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish mianach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).

Meanings

  1. An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
    • Meronyms: mine shaft, mineshaft; mine car
    • He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
    • This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
    • Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.
  2. (figuratively) 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. 1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: Train speeds still rising”, in Modern Railways, page 418:
  3. 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.
  4. A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
    • Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...]. 1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Icebound Denmark”, in Railway Magazine, page 302:
    • Holonym: minefield
    • His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.
    • The warship was destroyed by floating mines.
  5. (qualifier:pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
  6. The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
  7. 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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mines Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

mine-clearing · miner · premine · State Mine Gully · minework · intermine · anti-personnel mine · proximity mine · gold mine · magnetic mine · minesweeper · mine plow · mineshaft · countermine · tin mine · mine of information · mine flail · set mine · land mine · minestone · minehunter · drift mine · minelaying · minelayer · mineless · minehunting · powder mine · coal mine · mineral · leaf miner · anti-tank mine · butterfly mine · mineworker · mines and minerals · minecar · salt the mine · acoustic mine · sea mine · proxy mine · minesite · mineful · mine cart · bounding mine · pre-mine · naval mine · salt mine · Minecraft · minelife · iron mine · landmine · mine shaft · minelike · minesweeping · coalmine · miny · mineowner · minefield · mine run · mineworking · mine dial · open-pit mine · mine car · silver mine · minecraft · goldmine · megamine · urban mine · strip mine · ironmine · mine roller · Bangalore mine · strip-mine · minecart · antimine · limpet mine · Minol

Descendants

mino · maina · maina

Hypernyms

munition · place · site · weapon

Translations (232)

mk јама (excavation from which ore is extracted) · uk мі́на (military: exploding device) · ar لَغَم (excavation from which ore is extracted) · fi koverre (entomology: cavity made by caterpillar) · de Abbaustelle (excavation from which ore is extracted) · th เหมือง (excavation from which ore is extracted) · tg маъдан (excavation from which ore is extracted) · uz shaxta (excavation from which ore is extracted) · mi huke (excavation from which ore is extracted) · de Quelle (source of wealth or resources) · tl dulangan (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sv mina (military: exploding device) · fr mine (military: exploding device) · ko 지뢰 (military: exploding device) · it miniera (excavation from which ore is extracted) · lt kasykla (excavation from which ore is extracted) · fi kultakaivos (source of wealth or resources) · hi सुरंग बम (military: exploding device) · sh рудник (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ota معدن (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sh mina (military: exploding device) · nl mijn (military: exploding device) · ar لَغَم (military: exploding device) · nn gruve (excavation from which ore is extracted) · de Zeche (excavation from which ore is extracted) · eo mino (military: passage packed with explosives) · txb taupe (excavation from which ore is extracted) · es mina (excavation from which ore is extracted) · tl dukalan (excavation from which ore is extracted) · kmr mayin (military: exploding device) · tk mina (military: exploding device) · el μεταλλείο (excavation from which ore is extracted) · la fodina (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ks سۄرَنٛگ (military: passage packed with explosives) · as খনি (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ga mianach (excavation from which ore is extracted) · zh 礦山 /矿山 (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sq minierë (excavation from which ore is extracted) · km គ្រាប់មីន (military: exploding device) · ks کھان (excavation from which ore is extracted) · nrf minne (excavation from which ore is extracted) · is náma (excavation from which ore is extracted) · mhn gruab (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sk mina (military: exploding device) · th กับระเบิด (military: exploding device) · tr maden (excavation from which ore is extracted) · be мі́на (military: exploding device) · kk шахта (excavation from which ore is extracted) · de Pütt (excavation from which ore is extracted) · km អណ្ដូង (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ja マイン (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ur معدن (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ms lombong (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sw mgodi (excavation from which ore is extracted) · bg минно поле (military: passage packed with explosives) · km មីន (military: exploding device) · hu akna (military: exploding device) · mk рудник (excavation from which ore is extracted) · gu ખાણ (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ks باروٗدی بَم (military: exploding device) · uk рудни́к (excavation from which ore is extracted) · km លោហាករ (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ja 地雷 (military: exploding device) · gl mina (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ru рудни́к (excavation from which ore is extracted) · id ranjau (military: exploding device) · bg ми́на (military: exploding device) · la minera (excavation from which ore is extracted) · fa کانسار (excavation from which ore is extracted) · de Bergwerk (excavation from which ore is extracted) · fi miina (military: exploding device) · ltg mina (military: exploding device) · de Schachtanlage (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ar لَغْم (military: exploding device) · tyz(excavation from which ore is extracted) · tr mayın (military: exploding device) · km អណ្ដូងរ៉ែ (excavation from which ore is extracted) · br min (type of firework) · sm maina (military: exploding device) · vi mìn (military: exploding device) · nl groeve (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ug كان (excavation from which ore is extracted) · lo ລູກລະເບີດ (military: exploding device) · pl mina (military: exploding device) · ky шахта (excavation from which ore is extracted) · it fuoco d'artificio (type of firework) · ko 광산 (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ks سۄرَنٛگ بَم (military: exploding device) · gd mèinn (military: exploding device) · ja 鉱山 (excavation from which ore is extracted) · pdt Gruft (excavation from which ore is extracted) · cy cloddfa (excavation from which ore is extracted) · mk коп (excavation from which ore is extracted) · mn уурхай (excavation from which ore is extracted) · pt mina (excavation from which ore is extracted) · th กับ (military: exploding device) · ga mianach (military: exploding device) · az mədən (excavation from which ore is extracted) · mi keringa (excavation from which ore is extracted) · is jarðsprengja (military: exploding device) · id tambang (excavation from which ore is extracted) · fi kaivos (excavation from which ore is extracted) · pl kopalnia (source of wealth or resources) · fa مین (military: exploding device) · ka ნაღმი (military: exploding device) · oc mina (excavation from which ore is extracted) · hu bánya (excavation from which ore is extracted) · af myn (military: exploding device) · br mengleuz (excavation from which ore is extracted) · my မိုင်း (military: exploding device) · fi miina (military: passage packed with explosives) · my သတ္တုတွင်း (excavation from which ore is extracted) · de Grub (excavation from which ore is extracted) · bg рудни́к (excavation from which ore is extracted) · uz kon (excavation from which ore is extracted) · bg ми́на (excavation from which ore is extracted) · pdt Mien (excavation from which ore is extracted) · fa معدن (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ko 갱도 (military: passage packed with explosives) · gd mèinn (excavation from which ore is extracted) · nrf minne (military: exploding device) · mi maina (military: exploding device) · uz rudnik (excavation from which ore is extracted) · am ማዕድን (excavation from which ore is extracted) · la metallum (excavation from which ore is extracted) · it cavità (entomology: cavity made by caterpillar) · ru ми́на (military: exploding device) · lv mīna (military: exploding device) · ps معدن (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sw chimbo (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sq madem (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ar لغم (excavation from which ore is extracted) · az şaxta (excavation from which ore is extracted) · hi बारूदी बम (military: exploding device) · kk мина (military: exploding device) · he מִכְרֶה (excavation from which ore is extracted) · cs mina (military: exploding device) · tr lağım (military: passage packed with explosives) · he מוֹקֵשׁ (military: exploding device) · tg шахта (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ko 스타마인 (type of firework) · fi aarreaitta (source of wealth or resources) · nb mine (military: exploding device) · tk şahta (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ky мина (military: exploding device) · de Schachtgrube (excavation from which ore is extracted) · hy հանք (excavation from which ore is extracted) · de Grube (excavation from which ore is extracted) · hi खान (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sh rudnik (excavation from which ore is extracted) · eo fonto (source of wealth or resources) · es mina (military: exploding device) · sl rudnik (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sq minë (military: exploding device) · pl koparka (computing: machine or network used to extract units of cryptocurrency) · zh 地雷 (military: exploding device) · ro mină (excavation from which ore is extracted) · be ша́хта (excavation from which ore is extracted) · te గని (excavation from which ore is extracted) · lo ບໍ່ແຮ່ (excavation from which ore is extracted) · mk мина (military: exploding device) · ar مَنْجَم (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ru ша́хта (excavation from which ore is extracted) · af myn (excavation from which ore is extracted) · uz mina (military: exploding device) · nv haʼagééd (excavation from which ore is extracted) · br min (military: exploding device) · de Mine (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ca mina (entomology: cavity made by caterpillar) · sv gruva (excavation from which ore is extracted) · pl kopalnia (excavation from which ore is extracted) · nb gruve (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ca mina (excavation from which ore is extracted) · cs důl (excavation from which ore is extracted) · izh miina (military: exploding device) · ro mină (military: exploding device) · km រ៉ែ (excavation from which ore is extracted) · el ορυχείο (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sk baňa (excavation from which ore is extracted) · et miin (military: exploding device) · fa کان (excavation from which ore is extracted) · de Mine (military: exploding device) · hi सुरंग (military: passage packed with explosives) · tg мина (military: exploding device) · ar لغم (military: exploding device) · uk ша́хта (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ar مَنْجَم (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sl mina (military: exploding device) · be рудні́к (excavation from which ore is extracted) · or ଖଣି (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ar لُغْم (military: exploding device) · ar لُغْم (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ur کان (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ka მაღარო (excavation from which ore is extracted) · tl mina (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sv guldgruva (source of wealth or resources) · pt mina (military: exploding device) · fr mine (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ga mianach (military: passage packed with explosives) · ml ഖനി (excavation from which ore is extracted) · tr maden ocağı (excavation from which ore is extracted) · pt mina (source of wealth or resources) · kk кеніш (excavation from which ore is extracted) · fi louhintakone (computing: machine or network used to extract units of cryptocurrency) · el ναρκοπέδιο (military: passage packed with explosives) · ps کان (excavation from which ore is extracted) · fo nám (excavation from which ore is extracted) · de Tagebau (excavation from which ore is extracted) · da mine (excavation from which ore is extracted) · my မိုင်း (excavation from which ore is extracted) · vi mỏ (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ny mgodi (excavation from which ore is extracted) · lv raktuve (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ky рудник (excavation from which ore is extracted) · sw shimo (excavation from which ore is extracted) · ca mina (military: exploding device) · fi miina (type of firework) · ka მინა (military: exploding device) · sh мина (military: exploding device) · eo mino (excavation from which ore is extracted) · lt mina (military: exploding device) · qu qhuya (excavation from which ore is extracted) · hy ական (military: exploding device) · az mina (military: exploding device) · grc μέταλλον (excavation from which ore is extracted) · eo mino (military: exploding device) · fi miina (entomology: cavity made by caterpillar) · el νάρκη (military: exploding device) · th ทุ่นระเบิด (military: exploding device) · nl mijn (excavation from which ore is extracted) · it mina (military: exploding device) · bg рудни́ца (excavation from which ore is extracted)

wikidata: Q820477 · wikidata: Q1481202

mine en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /maɪ̯n/
  • (US) audio
  • (Philadelphia) audio
  • /ˈmaɪ.ɪn/ (Philadelphia)
  • mīn

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish mianach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) 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.
  2. To dig into, for ore or metal.
    • Lead veins have been traced […] but they have not been mined. 1837, Andrew Ure, Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines:
  3. (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
    • We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
  4. (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
  5. (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
    • the mining cony
  6. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
    • They mined the walls. a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:
    • Too lazy, perhaps, to cut [these immense trees] down, the spoilers […] had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity. 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
  7. (broadly, figuratively) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
  8. (broadly, figuratively) To tap into.
  9. (slang) To pick one's nose.
  10. To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
    • Bitcoin supporters say that estimates of its carbon footprint are overstated. And if the computers that mine and help transact bitcoins are attached to an electric grid that uses wind and solar power, they add, mining and using it will become cleaner over time. 2021 March 9, Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Bitcoin's Climate Problem”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

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mines Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
mining Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mined Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mined Tense=Past lexicographic

Coordinates

mint

Deriveds

miner · premine · mineable · demine · overmine · minability · mining · minable · remine

Translations (89)

bg добивам (to remove ore from the ground) · mk рудари (to remove ore from the ground) · fi louhia (to remove ore from the ground) · fi nakertaa (to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means) · ru подрыва́ть (to damage with a mine) · ru добыва́ть (to remove ore from the ground) · fi kaivaa (to dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth) · de abbauen (to remove ore from the ground) · cs zaminovat (to sow mines in) · it scavare (to remove ore from the ground) · de fördern (to remove ore from the ground) · eo mini (to sow mines in) · fi louhia (to dig into, for ore or metal) · ka დანაღმვა (to sow mines in) · pt explorar (to remove ore from the ground) · ca minar (to sow mines in) · mk мини́ра (to damage with a mine) · sl minirati (to sow mines in) · fi kaivaa kuoppa alle (to remove the substratum or foundation of — see also undermine) · fi kaivaa (to remove ore from the ground) · zh 挖礦 /挖矿 (computing: to earn new units of cryptocurrency) · it estrarre (to remove ore from the ground) · km ជីករករ៉ែ (to remove ore from the ground) · fi vahingoittaa miinalla (to damage with a mine) · fi miinata (to dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth) · ru замини́ровать (to sow mines in) · fi vaurioittaa miinalla (to damage with a mine) · uk підрива́ти (to damage with a mine) · lv iegūt (to remove ore from the ground) · ro mina (to sow mines in) · fi kaivaa tunneli alle (to remove the substratum or foundation of — see also undermine) · uk мінува́ти (to sow mines in) · pl minować (to sow mines in) · ru добы́ть (to dig into, for ore or metal) · pt minerar (to remove ore from the ground) · mn олборлох (to remove ore from the ground) · mi huke (to remove ore from the ground) · lv spridzināt (to damage with a mine) · sv minera (to sow mines in) · fi louhia (computing: to earn new units of cryptocurrency) · no minelegge (to sow mines in) · fi tuhota miinalla (to damage with a mine) · he מִקֵּשׁ (to sow mines in) · fi miinoittaa (to sow mines in) · el εξορύσσω (to remove ore from the ground) · la effodere (to remove ore from the ground) · fi kaivautua (to dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth) · nl mijnen leggen (to sow mines in) · ru добыва́ть (to dig into, for ore or metal) · mk мини́ра (to sow mines in) · sv bryta (to remove ore from the ground) · ru мини́ровать (to sow mines in) · ar لَغَمَ (to remove ore from the ground) · pt minar (to sow mines in) · mk копа (to remove ore from the ground) · hi खान खोदना (to remove ore from the ground) · es minar (to sow mines in) · ks کھان کھَنُن (to remove ore from the ground) · km ធ្វើអាជីវកម្មបរ៉ែ (to remove ore from the ground) · sco howk (to remove ore from the ground) · lv mīnēt (to sow mines in) · de verminen (to sow mines in) · nl ontginnen (to remove ore from the ground) · pl zaminować (to sow mines in) · zh 開採 /开采 (to remove ore from the ground) · el μεταλλεύω (to remove ore from the ground) · ru добы́ть (to remove ore from the ground) · es minar (to remove ore from the ground) · uk підірва́ти (to damage with a mine) · he מיקש (to sow mines in) · eo mini (to remove ore from the ground) · es extraer (to remove ore from the ground) · lv mīnēt (to damage with a mine) · uk замінува́ти (to sow mines in) · ru подорва́ть (to damage with a mine) · he כָּרָה (to remove ore from the ground) · pt minar (to remove ore from the ground) · az minalamaq (to sow mines in) · km យករ៉ែ (to remove ore from the ground) · el ναρκοθετώ (to sow mines in) · it minare (to sow mines in) · fr extraire (to remove ore from the ground) · km ដាក់មីន (to sow mines in) · pl wydobywać (to remove ore from the ground) · cs dolovat (to remove ore from the ground) · cs podminovat (to sow mines in) · gd mèinn (to remove ore from the ground) · ru ма́йнить (computing: to earn new units of cryptocurrency) · bg минирам (to sow mines in)

mine en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /maɪ̯n/
  • (US) audio
  • (Philadelphia) audio
  • /ˈmaɪ.ɪn/ (Philadelphia)
  • mīn

Etymology

Borrowed from French mine.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of mien.
    alt of mien

Forms

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