mine

Plural: mines

Noun

excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
Any source of wealth or resources.
A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
Alternative form of mien.

Verb

Verb Forms: mined, mining, mines

To dig into the earth to extract valuable minerals.
get from the earth by excavation
- "mine ores and metals"
lay mines
- "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"
To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
To dig into, for ore or metal.
To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
To tap into.
To pick one's nose.
To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

Pron

That or those belonging to me.
Used predicatively.
That or those belonging to me.
Used substantively, with an implied noun.
That or those belonging to me.
Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
That or those belonging to me.
My house or home.
That or those belonging to me.
As double possessive.

Det

My; belonging to me.
Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
My; belonging to me.
Used attributively before a vowel.

Examples

A change to the blockchain method was contemplated to allow mines to hog less electric power.
Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
He needed to MINE his dictionary for words containing the elusive ’Q’.
His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.
Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.
Mine has been a long journey.
Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.
She's a mine of information about the history of mathematics.
The house itself is mine, but the land is not.
the mining cony
The most famous mine of the American Civil War led to the Battle of the Crater.
The warship was destroyed by floating mines.
These books are mine.
This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
This house of mine is over 100 years old.
We had the party at mine.
We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.

Origin / 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.

Scrabble Score: 6

mine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

mine: valid Words With Friends Word