mine
(noun) explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
mine
(noun) excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
mine
(verb) lay mines; “The Vietnamese mined Cambodia”
mine
(verb) get from the earth by excavation; “mine ores and metals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Mine
Alternative letter-case form of mine often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
• Emin, Mien, mien
mine
My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.
Used predicatively.
Used substantively, with an implied noun.
Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
(archaic) Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
(archaic) Used attributively before a vowel.
• My and mine are essentially two forms of the same word, with my being used attributively before the noun, and mine being used in all other cases, as may be seen in most of the usage examples and quotations above. In this respect, this word is analogous to most of the other possessive pronouns (e.g. your vs. yours), as well as a number of other noun modifiers, such as lone/alone.
• Historically, my came to be used only before a consonant sound, and later came to be used regardless of the following sound. Nonetheless, mine still sees archaic pre-vocalic use, as may be seen in the 1862 quotation above.
mine (plural mines)
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
(figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
(military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
(pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
(entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
(computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
mine (third-person singular simple present mines, present participle mining, simple past and past participle mined)
(ambitransitive) To remove (ore) from the ground.
To dig into, for ore or metal.
(transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
(transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
(by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
(slang) To pick one's nose.
(computing) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
mine (plural mines)
Alternative form of mien
• Emin, Mien, mien
Source: Wiktionary
Mine, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: See Mien. [Obs.]
Mine, pron. & a. Etym: [OE. min, fr. AS. min; akin to D. mijn, OS., OFries., & OHG. min, G. mein, Sw. & Dan. min, Icel. minn, Goth. meins my, mine, meina of me, and E. me. Me, and cf. My.]
Definition: 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. I kept myself from mine iniquity. Ps. xviii. 23.
Note: Mine is often used absolutely, the thing possessed being understood; as, his son is in the army, mine in the navy. When a man deceives me once, says the Italian proverb, it is his fault; when twice, it is mine. Bp. Horne. This title honors me and mine. Shak. She shall have me and mine. Shak.
Mine, v. i. Etym: [F. miner, L. minare to drive animals, in LL. also, to lead, conduct, dig a mine (cf. E. lode, and lead to conduct), akin to L. minari to threaten; cf. Sp. mina mine, conduit, subterraneous canal, a spring or source of water, It. mina. See Menace, and cf. Mien.]
1. 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.
2. To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.
Mine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mined; p. pr. & vb. n. Mining.]
1. 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. They mined the walls. Hayward. Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers... had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity. Sir W. Scott.
2. To dig into, for ore or metal. Lead veins have been traced... but they have not been mined. Ure.
3. To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging. The principal ore mined there is the bituminous cinnabar. Ure.
Mine, n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. mina. See Mine, v. i.]
1. A subterranean cavity or passage; especially: (a) 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. (b) (Mil.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent.
2. Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.gold mine
3. Fig.: A rich source of wealth or other good. Shak. Mine dial, a form of magnetic compass used by miners.
– Mine pig, pig iron made wholly from ore; in distinction from cinder pig, which is made from ore mixed with forge or mill cinder. Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
