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mine

UK/maɪ̯n/ US/ˈmaɪ.ɪn/ very common informal slang
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.

excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

2.

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

verb

1.

get from the earth by excavation

  • “mine ores and metals”
2.

lay mines

  • “The Vietnamese mined Cambodia”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • acoustic mine
  • anti-personnel mine
  • anti-tank mine
  • Bangalore mine
  • bounding mine
  • butterfly mine
  • coal mine
  • drift mine
  • friend of mine
  • I got mine
  • mine host
  • of mine

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