Australian English Meaning of mine

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Definitions and Meaning of mine in English

Wordnet

mine (n)

excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel

Wordnet

mine (v)

get from the earth by excavation

lay mines

Webster

mine (n.)

See Mien.

Webster

mine (pron. & a.)

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.

Webster

mine (v. i.)

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.

To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.

A subterranean cavity or passage

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.

A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent.

Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.

Fig.: A rich source of wealth or other good.

Webster

mine (v. t.)

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.

To dig into, for ore or metal.

To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.

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excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted, explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill

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