What does MINE mean?

Definitions for MINE
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. minenoun

    excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

  2. mineverb

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

  3. mineverb

    get from the earth by excavation

    "mine ores and metals"

  4. mineverb

    lay mines

    "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"

GCIDE

  1. Minenoun

    (Mil.) An explosive device placed concealed in a location, on land or at sea, where an enemy vehicle or enemy personnel may pass through, having a triggering mechanism which detects people or vehicles, and which will explode and kill or maim personnel or destroy or damage vehicles. A mine placed at sea (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo (a)) is also called an marine mine and underwater mine and sometimes called a floating mine, even though it may be anchored to the floor of the sea and not actually float freely. A mine placed on land (formerly called a torpedo, see torpedo), usually buried, is called a land mine.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Minenoun

    Etymology: mine, French; mwyn or mwn, Welsh, from maenlapis, in the plural meini.

    Though streighter bounds your fortune did confine,
    In your large heart was found a wealthy mine. Edmund Waller.

    A workman, to avoid idleness, worked in a groove or mine-pit thereabouts, which was little esteemed. Boyle.

    A mine-digger may meet with a gem, which he knows not what to make of. Boyle.

    The heedless mine-man aims only at the obtaining a quantity of such a metal as may be vendible. Boyle.

    By what eclipse shall that sun be defac’d?
    What mine hath erst thrown down so fair a tower?
    What sacrilege hath such a saint disgrac’d? Philip Sidney, b. ii.

    Build up the walls of Jerusalem, which you have broken down, and fill up the mines that you have digged. John Whitgift.

    Others to a city strong
    Lay siege, encamp’d; by batt’ry, scale and mine,
    Assaulting. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xi.

  2. Minepronoun possessive.

    It was anciently the practice to use my before a consonant and mine before a vowel, which euphony still requires to be observed. Mine is always used when the substantive precedes: Belonging to me.

    Etymology: myn , Saxon; mein, German; mien, French; meus, Latin.

    The devil himself could not pronounce a title
    More hateful to mine ear. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Thou art a soul in bliss, but I am bound
    Upon a wheel of fire; that mine own tears
    Do scald like molten lead. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    If thou be’st slain, and with no stroke of mine,
    My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still. William Shakespeare.

    A friend of mine is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him. Luke xi. 6.

    That palm is mine. Dryden.

  3. To Mineverb

    To sap; to ruin by mines; to destroy by slow degrees, or secret means.

    It will but skin and film the ulcerous place,
    While rank corruption mining all within,
    Insects unseen. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    They mined the walls, laid the powder, and rammed the mouth; but the citizens made a countermine. John Hayward.

    The slow fever mines the constitution Henry St. John Bolingbroke.

  4. To Mineverb

    To dig mines or burrows; to form any hollows underground.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    The ranging stork in stately beeches dwells;
    The climbing goats on hills securely feed;
    The mining coneys shroud in rocky cells. Henry Wotton.

    Of this various matter the terrestrial globe consists, from its surface down to the greatest depth we ever dig or mine. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

Wikipedia

  1. Mine

    Mine is a song by American singer-songwriter Bazzi. The song was self-released digitally on October 12, 2017. The song made its chart debut on February 3, 2018, after becoming an internet meme. The song charted in various countries including the United States, where it peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was certified platinum in the United States, Australia, Canada, Sweden and New Zealand. The song was later featured as the 14th track on his debut album Cosmic, which was released on April 12, 2018.

ChatGPT

  1. mine

    A mine refers to an excavation or a site where valuable minerals, metals, or other geological materials are extracted from the earth. It is typically an underground or surface operation that involves digging, drilling, and blasting to access and extract the desired resources. Mines can include coal mines, gold mines, diamond mines, and various other types of mineral extraction sites.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Minenoun

    see Mien

  2. Mine

    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

  3. Mineverb

    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

  4. Mineverb

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

  5. Mineverb

    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

  6. Mineverb

    to dig into, for ore or metal

  7. Mineverb

    to get, as metals, out of the earth by digging

  8. Mineverb

    a subterranean cavity or passage

  9. Mineverb

    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

  10. Mineverb

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

  11. Mineverb

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

  12. Mineverb

    fig.: A rich source of wealth or other good

  13. Etymology: [OE. min, fr. AS. mn; akin to D. mijn, OS., OFries., & OHG. mn, G. mein, Sw. & Dan. min, Icel. minn, Goth. meins my, mine, meina of me, and E. me. 187. See Me, and cf. My.]

Wikidata

  1. Mine

    Mine is a novel written by American author Robert R. McCammon. It won the 1990 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Mine

    mīn, adj. pron. belonging to me: my. [A.S. mín; Ger. mein.]

  2. Mine

    mīn, v.i. and v.t. to dig for metals: to excavate: to dig under a wall or building in order to overturn it: to ruin or destroy by secret means.—n. a place from which metals are dug: an excavation dug under a fortification to blow it up with gunpowder: a rich source of wealth.—ns. Mine′-cap′tain, the overseer of a mine; Mī′ner, one who digs in a mine.—adj. Mī′ny, rich in mines: like a mine.—See also Submarine mine. [Low L. mināre, to lead, open a mine.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. mine

    1. In land mine warfare, an explosive or other material, normally encased, designed to destroy or damage ground vehicles, boats, or aircraft, or designed to wound, kill, or otherwise incapacitate personnel. It is designed to be detonated by the action of its victim, by the passage of time, or by controlled means. 2. In naval mine warfare, an explosive device laid in the water with the intention of damaging or sinking ships or of deterring shipping from entering an area. See also land mine warfare; mine warfare.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. MINE

    A hole in the ground owned by a liar.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. mine

    A passage made under ground, with a chamber at the end, under the place intended to be blown up; it is entered by the shaft, which leads through the gallery to the chamber.

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  1. mine

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  2. MINE

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MINE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mine is ranked #65424 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Mine surname appeared 303 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mine.

    56.4% or 171 total occurrences were White.
    24% or 73 total occurrences were Asian.
    7.2% or 22 total occurrences were Black.
    6.9% or 21 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    5.2% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'MINE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3400

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'MINE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #501

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'MINE' in Nouns Frequency: #1356

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MINE in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MINE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of MINE in a Sentence

  1. Oregon BLM spokesman Jim Whittington:

    There are folks who are armed in the area and we’ve asked our employees to stay out of the area around the mine, just to be on the safe side.

  2. Brian Kilmeade:

    There is going to be an unscripted sense with this show. It’s going to be more open. We’re going to have a news tool where we go over five stories with another Fox talent, stories that aren’t necessarily in the headlines. I have no idea how that’s going to go, I’m not going to know my stories, and they’re not going to know mine, if there is a great movie out and the star is available, The Rock or Kevin James is around … somebody like that, I want them on.

  3. Debbie Ziegler:

    Stand up and make your voice heard, even if it shakes like mine. Please help me carry out my daughter's legacy.

  4. Elise Stefanik:

    Karoline Leavitt is on pace to be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, a former staffer of mine.

  5. Terry Wyatt/Getty Images:

    I didnt have children because I believed that God didnt mean for me to have kids so everybodys kids could be mine, so I could do things like Imagination Library because if I hadnt had the freedom to work, I wouldnt have done all the things Ive done, i wouldnt be in a position to do all of the things Im doing now.

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