Mines vs. Mine
Minesnoun
plural of mine
Minepronoun
My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.
Minepronoun
Used predicatively.
Minepronoun
Used substantively, with an implied noun.
Minepronoun
Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
Minepronoun
(archaic) Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
Minepronoun
(archaic) Used attributively before a vowel.
Minenoun
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
Minenoun
(figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
Minenoun
(military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
Minenoun
(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
Minenoun
(pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
Minenoun
(entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
Minenoun
(computing) A machine used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
Minenoun
alternative form of mien
Mineverb
(ambitransitive) To remove (ore) from the ground.
Mineverb
To dig into, for ore or metal.
Mineverb
(transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
Mineverb
(transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
Mineverb
(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
Mineverb
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.
Mineverb
(slang) To pick one's nose.
Mineverb
(computing) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
Minenoun
See Mien.
Minenoun
A subterranean cavity or passage
Minenoun
Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
Minenoun
A rich source of wealth or other good.
Minenoun
An explosive device placed concealed in a location, on land or at sea, where an enemy vehicle or enemy personnel may pass through, having a triggering mechanism which detects people or vehicles, and which will explode and kill or maim personnel or destroy or damage vehicles. A mine placed at sea (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo{2} (a)) is also called an marine mine and underwater mine and sometimes called a floating mine, even though it may be anchored to the floor of the sea and not actually float freely. A mine placed on land (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo{3}), usually buried, is called a land mine.
Minepronoun
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.
Mineverb
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.
Mineverb
To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.
Mineverb
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.
Mineverb
To dig into, for ore or metal.
Mineverb
To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.
Minenoun
excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
Minenoun
explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
Mineverb
get from the earth by excavation;
Mineverb
lay mines;
