mine

pronoun

1. 1

   That or those belonging to me. Used predicatively.

   The house itself is mine, but the land is not.

   These books are mine.

   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.

2. 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.’

3. 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. 4

   informalThat or those belonging to me. My house or home.

   We had the party at mine.

5. 5

   That or those belonging to me. As double possessive.

   This house of mine is over 100 years old.

   You have something of mine.

determiner

1. 1

   archaicMy; 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!

2. 2

   archaicMy; belonging to me. Used attributively after the noun it modifies.

   […] Flesh and blood, / You, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, / […]

3. 3

   archaicMy; belonging to me. Used attributively before a vowel.

   Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / […]

   1930 Winter, Packard Motor Car Company, The Packard Magazine, Volume 9, Number 2, page 6, Mine host, it seemed, did favors for everybody...

noun

1. 1

   An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

   Meronyms: mine shaft, mineshaft; mine car

   This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.

   He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.

   Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.

2. 2

   figurativeAny 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.

3. 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. 4

   A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.

   Holonym: minefield

   His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.

   The warship was destroyed by floating mines.

   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; [...].

5. 5

   A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.

6. 6

   The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.

7. 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.

verb

1. 1

   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. 2

   To dig into, for ore or metal.

   Lead veins have been traced […] but they have not been mined.

3. 3

   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. 4

   To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).

5. 5

   To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.

   the mining cony

6. 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.

   Too lazy, perhaps, to cut [these immense trees] down, the spoilers […] had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity.

7. 7

   figurativeTo ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.

8. 8

   figurativeTo tap into.

9. 9

   slangTo pick one's nose.

10. 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.

noun

1. 1

   Variant of mienAlternative form of mien.

Forms

plural

mines

past tense

mined

past participle

mined

present participle

mining

third person singular

mines