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What (who) is Mine - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Mines; Mine (disambiguation); The Mine; The mine; Mine (album); Mine (song); Mine (EP); Mine (film); Mine (weapon)
mine
n.
excavation from which minerals are taken
1) to open (up); operate, run, work a mine
2) to close down a mine
3) a coal; copper; diamond; gold; iron; lead; salt; silver; tin; zinc mine
4) an abandoned; strip mine
explosive charge
5) to arm; lay a mine
6) to hit, strike a mine
7) to detonate, set off a mine
8) to clear, remove, sweep mines
9) to detect; disarm a mine
10) a mine blows up, explodes
11) an antipersonnel; antitank; contact; drifting, floating; land; magnetic; pressure; submarine mine
mine
I. PRONOUN USE
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Mine is the first person singular possessive pronoun. A speaker or writer uses mine to refer to something that belongs or relates to himself or herself.
Her right hand is inches from mine...
I'm looking for a friend of mine who lives here.
PRON: oft n of PRON
II. NOUN AND VERB USES
(mines, mining, mined)
1.
A mine is a place where deep holes and tunnels are dug under the ground in order to obtain a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold.
...coal mines.
N-COUNT: oft n N
2.
When a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold is mined, it is obtained from the ground by digging deep holes and tunnels.
The pit is being shut down because it no longer has enough coal that can be mined economically.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
3.
A mine is a bomb which is hidden in the ground or in water and which explodes when people or things touch it.
N-COUNT
4.
If an area of land or water is mined, mines are placed there which will explode when people or things touch them.
The approaches to the garrison have been heavily mined.
VERB: be V-ed, also V n
5.
If you say that someone is a mine of information, you mean that they know a great deal about something.
PHRASE: mine inflects, usu v-link PHR
6.
see also mining
mine
v. a.
1.
Sap, undermine.
2.
Ruin, destroy (secretly).
Examples of use of Mine
1. "The signatures are mine but the content is not mine.
2. "Your foot came toward mine, mine came towards yours.
3. Government mine inspectors have issued 325 citations against the mine since January 2004, according to a quick analysis of federal Mine Safety and Health Administration online records.
4. Government mine inspectors have issued 325 citations against the mine since January 2004, according to an analysis of federal Mine Safety and Health Administration online records.
5. The Sago Mine had 208 alleged violations of federal mine rules last year, including 18 orders shutting down parts of the mine until alleged violations were corrected.