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    mine
    [mīn]
    pronoun
    1. used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker:
      "you go your way and I'll go mine" · "some friends of mine"
    determiner
    archaic
    1. (used before a vowel) my:
      "tears did fill mine eyes"
    Origin
    Old English mīn, of Germanic origin; related to me and to Dutch mijn and German mein.
    mine
    [mīn]
    noun
    mine (noun) · mines (plural noun)
    1. an excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals:
      "a copper mine"
      • an abundant source of something:
        "the book contains a mine of information"
    2. a type of bomb placed on or just below the surface of the ground or in the water that detonates when disturbed by a person, vehicle, or ship:
      "his jeep ran over a mine and he was killed"
      • historical
        a subterranean passage under the wall of a besieged fortress, especially one in which explosives are put to blow up fortifications.
    verb
    mine (verb) · mines (third person present) · mined (past tense) · mined (past participle) · mining (present participle)
    1. obtain (coal or other minerals) from a mine:
      "the company came to the area to mine phosphate" · "35 million tons of mined coal"
      • dig in (the earth) for coal or other minerals:
        "the hills were mined for copper oxide" · "many financiers managed to obtain concessions to mine for silver"
      • dig or burrow in (the earth):
        "the earth beneath had been tortuously mined by pestilential rabbits"
      • delve into (an abundant source) to extract something of value, especially information or skill:
        "how do they manage to mine such a rich vein of talent?"
    2. obtain units of (a cryptocurrency) by running a computer process to solve specific mathematical problems:
      "if you're mining bitcoin you need to do it faster than anyone else"
    3. lay explosive mines on or just below the surface of (the ground or water):
      "the area was heavily mined"
      • destroy by means of an explosive mine:
        "HMS Ocean was mined in the Dardanelles in 1915"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French mine (noun), miner (verb), perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh mwyn ‘ore’, earlier ‘mine’.
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    noun
    1. an excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals:
      pit
      colliery
      excavation
      quarry
      workings
      diggings
      lode
      vein
      seam
      deposit
      shaft
      mineshaft
      coalfield
      goldfield
      strip mine
      opencast mine
      open-pit mine
    verb
    1. obtain (coal or other minerals) from a mine:
      quarry
      excavate
      dig (up)
      extract
      unearth
      remove
      draw
      strip-mine
      scoop out
    2. lay explosive mines on or just below the surface of (the ground or water):
      defend with mines
      protect with mines
      lay with mines
      sow with mines
       
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