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, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish min, Faroese and Icelandic mín.
Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls!1936 December 23, Hazel Livingston, “‘Love’s Litany’”, in Walter V. Hogan, editor, The Daily Reporter, volume XX, number 53, White Plains, N.Y.: White Plains Publishing Company, →OCLC, chapter IX, page 18, column 4:
[…] Flesh and blood, / You, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, / […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / […]1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume IX, number LII, page 10:
1930 Winter, Packard Motor Car Company, The Packard Magazine, Volume 9, Number 2, page 6, Mine host, it seemed, did favors for everybody...
Etymology From Middle English, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish mianach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).
She's a mine of information about the history of mathematics.
To those seeking information about train services on the Continent, Cook's Continental Guide is always a mine of accurate information.1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: Train speeds still rising”, in Modern Railways, page 418:
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Government, Military, Politics, War A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
The most famous mine of the American Civil War led to the Battle of the Crater.
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Government, Military, Politics, War A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
Holonym: minefield
His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.
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The warship was destroyed by floating mines.
Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...].1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Icebound Denmark”, in Railway Magazine, page 302:
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A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
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Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
A change to the blockchain method was contemplated to allow mines to hog less electric power.
Etymology From Middle English, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish mianach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).
Ambitransitive To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
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To dig into, for ore or metal.
Lead veins have been traced […] but they have not been mined.1837, Andrew Ure, Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines:
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To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
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To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
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To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
the mining cony
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To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
They mined the walls.a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:
Too lazy, perhaps, to cut [these immense trees] down, the spoilers […] had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity.1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
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Broadly, Figuratively To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
Bitcoin supporters say that estimates of its carbon footprint are overstated. And if the computers that mine and help transact bitcoins are attached to an electric grid that uses wind and solar power, they add, mining and using it will become cleaner over time.2021 March 9, Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Bitcoin's Climate Problem”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Honorific Honorific alternative letter-case form of mine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
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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, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish min, Faroese and Icelandic mín.
› That or those belonging to me.
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Used predicatively.
The house itself is mine, but the land is not.
These books are mine.
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Ah, but how beautiful (my baby boy) is! And he is mine, mine for ever. Even if he hates me he will be mine. He cannot help it, he is made out of me; I am his father.1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 7
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Used substantively, with an implied noun.
Mine has been a long journey.
‘My name’s Felix Leiter,’ said the American. ‘Glad to meet you.’ ‘Mine’s Bond - James Bond.’1953, Ian Fleming, “Rouge et Noir”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 50:
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Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.
54 termsIme, 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.