English Explanatory Dictionary

mine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. That or those belonging to me.
  2. Used predicatively.
  3. Used substantively, with an implied noun.
  4. Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
  5. My house or home.
  6. As double possessive.
det
  1. My; belonging to me.
  2. Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
  3. Used attributively before a vowel.
noun
  1. An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
  2. Any source of wealth or resources.
  3. A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
  4. A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
  5. A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
  6. The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
  7. A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
verb
  1. To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
  2. To dig into, for ore or metal.
  3. To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
  4. To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
  5. To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
  6. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
  7. To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
  8. To tap into.
  9. To pick one's nose.
  10. To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
noun
  1. Alternative form of mien.
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of mine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Pronunciation

mīn /maɪ̯n/ en-us-mine.ogg /ˈmaɪ.ɪn/ Mine-philidelphia.ogg

Word forms

mine myne mines mining mined

Etymology

From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien, West Frisian myn, Dutch mijn, Low German mien, German mein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian min, Icelandic mín.

Related words

Ime me myselfmemysen mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' he him himselfhisselfhissen hishisn his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one oneself – one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.

Derived words

friend of mine I got mine of mine the pleasure is all mine your guess is as good as mine your place or mine mine host acoustic mine antimine anti-personnel mine anti-tank mine Bangalore mine bounding mine butterfly mine coal mine coalmine countermine drift mine gold mine goldmine intermine iron mine ironmine land mine landmine leaf miner limpet mine magnetic mine megamine mine car minecar minecart mine cart mine-clearing Minecraft mine dial minefield mine flail mineful minehunter minehunting minelayer minelaying mineless minelife minelike mine of information mineowner mine plow mineral mine roller mine run mines and minerals mine shaft mineshaft minesite minestone minesweeper minesweeping minework
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