'Mine' definitions:

Definition of 'mine'

From: WordNet
noun
Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
noun
Explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
verb
Get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals"
verb
Lay mines; "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"

Definition of 'Mine'

From: GCIDE
  • Mine \Mine\ (m[=e]n), n. [F.] See Mien. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mine'

From: GCIDE
  • Mine \Mine\ (m[imac]n), pron. & a. [OE. min, fr. AS. m[imac]n; akin to D. mijn, OS., OFries., & OHG. m[imac]n, G. mein, Sw. & Dan. min, Icel. minn, Goth. meins my, mine, meina of me, and E. me. [root]187. See Me, and cf. My.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I kept myself from mine iniquity. --Ps. xviii. 23. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Mine is often used absolutely, the thing possessed being understood; as, his son is in the army, mine in the navy. [1913 Webster]
  • When a man deceives me once, says the Italian proverb, it is his fault; when twice, it is mine. --Bp. Horne. [1913 Webster]
  • This title honors me and mine. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • She shall have me and mine. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mine'

From: GCIDE
  • Mine \Mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mined; p. pr. & vb. n. Mining.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • They mined the walls. --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To dig into, for ore or metal. [1913 Webster]
  • Lead veins have been traced . . . but they have not been mined. --Ure. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging. [1913 Webster]
  • The principal ore mined there is the bituminous cinnabar. --Ure. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mine'

From: GCIDE
  • Mine \Mine\, v. i. [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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mine'

From: GCIDE
  • Mine \Mine\, n. [F., fr. LL. mina. See Mine, v. i.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Fig.): A rich source of wealth or other good. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mil.) 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. [PJC]
  • 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.
  • gold mine (a) a mine where gold is obtained. (b) (Fig.) a rich source of wealth or other good; same as Mine 3. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mine'

From: Easton
  • Mine The process of mining is described in Job 28:1-11. Moses speaks of the mineral wealth of Palestine (Deut. 8:9). Job 28:4 is rightly thus rendered in the Revised Version, "He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot [that passeth by]; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro." These words illustrate ancient mining operations.

Synonyms of 'mine'

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