: my
—used before a word beginning with a vowel or h
this treasure in mine arms—
William Shakespeare
or sometimes as a modifier of a preceding noun —archaic except in an elevated style
William Shakespeare
singular or plural in construction
: that which belongs to me
—used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective my
Your eyes are brown and mine are green.
1
a
: a pit or excavation in the earth from which mineral substances are taken
b
: an ore deposit
2
: a subterranean passage under an enemy position
3
: an encased explosive that is placed in the ground or in water and set to explode when disturbed
4
: a rich source of supply
mined; mining
1
a
: to dig under to gain access or cause the collapse of (an enemy position)
b
2
a
: to get (something, such as ore) from the earth
b
: to extract from a source
information mined from the files
3
: to burrow beneath the surface of
larva that mines leaves
4
: to place military mines in, on, or under
mine a harbor
5
a
: to dig into for ore or metal
b
: to process for obtaining a natural constituent
mine the air for nitrogen
c
: to seek valuable material in
mine old records for more details
6
: to create or obtain more units of (a cryptocurrency) through a cryptographic process
But bitcoins also need to be generated in the first place. Bitcoins are "mined" when you set your Bitcoin client to a mode that has it compete to update the public log of transactions. All the clients set to this mode race to solve a cryptographic puzzle by completing the next "block" of the shared transaction log. Winning the race to complete the next block wins you a 50-Bitcoin prize.—Tom Simonite
Tom Simonite
: to dig a mine
miner
noun
Synonyms
Examples of mine in a Sentence
Noun
a baseball fanatic who is a mine of fascinating trivia about the game
the soldiers were careful to disarm any mines they found in their path
Verb
The area was soon filled with prospectors who were mining for gold.
Prospectors mined the region for diamonds.
Local people were hired to mine the gold.
The enemy had mined the harbor.
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
But there’s so much of my relationship people don’t see, that’s just mine.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
The big picture: Many of the minerals essential to EV battery chemistries are primarily mined and processed in China, or by companies within China's sphere of influence.
—Joann Muller, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Noun
President Biden has authorized the provision of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine for the first time, a defense official confirmed to Axios Wednesday.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
But there’s so much of my relationship people don’t see, that’s just mine.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
Verb
Their archives have been exhaustively mined, their legacy long secured.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
The big picture: Many of the minerals essential to EV battery chemistries are primarily mined and processed in China, or by companies within China's sphere of influence.
—Joann Muller, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mine. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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mine
2 of 4 pronounˈmīn
: my one : my ones
mine
3 of 4 nounˈmīn
1
: a pit or tunnel from which minerals (as coal, gold, or diamonds) are taken
2
: a deposit of ore
3
: an underground passage dug beneath an enemy position
4
: an explosive device placed in the ground or water and set to explode when disturbed
5
: a rich source
a mine of information
mine
4 of 4 verbˈmīn
mined; mining
1
: to dig or form mines under a place
2
: to obtain from a mine
mine coal
3
: to lay military mines in or under
mine a harbor
4
: to work in a mine
miner
noun
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English min "my," from Old English mīn
Noun
Middle English mine "a pit or tunnel for digging out coal, gold, or diamonds," from early French mine (same meaning)
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