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Mine (pronoun)
My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.
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Mine (pronoun)
Used predicatively.
“The house itself is mine, but the land is not.”
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Mine (pronoun)
Used substantively, with an implied noun.
“Mine has been a long journey.”
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Mine (pronoun)
Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
“Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.”
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Mine (pronoun)
Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
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Mine (noun)
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
“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.”
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Mine (noun)
Any source of wealth or resources.
“She’s a mine of information.”
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Mine (noun)
A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
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Mine (noun)
A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
“His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.”
“The warship was destroyed by floating mines.”
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Mine (noun)
A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
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Mine (noun)
The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
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Mine (noun)
A machine used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
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Mine (noun)
alternative form of mien
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Mine (verb)
To remove (ore) from the ground.
“Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.”
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Mine (verb)
To dig into, for ore or metal.
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Mine (verb)
To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
“We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.”
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Mine (verb)
To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
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Mine (verb)
To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
“the mining cony”
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Mine (verb)
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.
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Mine (verb)
To pick one’s nose.
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Mine (verb)
To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
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My (determiner)
First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
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My (determiner)
Belonging to me.
“I can’t find my book.”
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My (determiner)
Associated with me.
“My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.”
“Don’t you know my name?”
“I recognised him because he had attended my school.”
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My (determiner)
Related to me.
“My parents won’t let me go out tonight.”
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My (interjection)
Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
“My, what big teeth you have!”