mine
/maɪ̯n/ verb B1- 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.
- To dig into, for ore or metal.
- To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area). · We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
- To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
- To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth. · the mining cony
- 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.
He/she/it mines · Past mined · Past participle mined · -ing form mining
Verb forms
- Base form
- mine
- He/she/it
- mines
- Past
- mined
- Past participle
- mined
- -ing form
- mining
From the library
“Eh,” he said, negligently, “this money is not mine.
“Take good care of these friends of mine,” said the Lion, “and I will go at once to fight the monster.”
“If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all.
The Crow put an end to the dispute by saying, “Your feathers are all very well in the spring, but mine protect me against the winter.”
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