mine

[ mahyn ]

/ maɪn /

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pronoun

a form of the possessive case of I used as a predicate adjective: The yellow sweater is mine.

something that belongs to me: Mine is the red car.

Archaic. my (used before a word beginning with a vowel or a silent h, or following a noun): mine eyes; lady mine.

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Origin of mine

before 900; Middle English; Old English mīn my; cognate with Old Norse mīn, German mein, Gothic meina; see me

mine

[ mahyn ]

/ maɪn /

noun

an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.

a place where such minerals may be obtained, either by excavation or by washing the soil.

a natural deposit of such minerals.

an abundant source; store: a mine of information.

a device containing a charge of explosive in a watertight casing, floating on or moored beneath the surface of the water for the purpose of blowing up an enemy ship that strikes it or passes close by it.

a similar device used on land against personnel or vehicles; land mine.

a subterranean passage made to extend under an enemy's works or position, as for the purpose of securing access or of depositing explosives for blowing up a military position.

a passageway in the parenchyma of a leaf, made by certain insects.

verb (used without object), mined, min·ing.

to dig in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, etc.; make a mine.

to extract coal, ore, or the like, from a mine.

to make subterranean passages.

to place or lay mines, as in military or naval operations.

verb (used with object), mined, min·ing.

to dig in (earth, rock, etc.) in order to obtain ores, coal, etc.

to extract (ore, coal, etc.) from a mine.

to avail oneself of or draw useful or valuable material from: to mine every reference book available in writing the term paper.

to use, especially a natural resource: to mine the nation's forests.

to make subterranean passages in or under; burrow.

to make (passages, tunnels, etc.) by digging or burrowing.

to dig away or remove the foundations of.

to place or lay military or naval mines under: to mine an enemy supply road.

Agriculture. to grow crops in (soil) over an extended time without fertilizing.

to remove (a natural resource) from its source without attempting to replenish it.

Origin of mine

1275–1325; 1875–80 for def 5; (v.) Middle English minen < Old French miner (cognate with Provençal, Spanish minar, Italian minare) < Vulgar Latin *mīnāre, probably < a Celtic base *mein-; compare MIr méin, Welsh mwyn ore, mineral; (noun) Middle English < Middle French, perhaps noun derivative of miner; compare Medieval Latin mina mine, mineral

SYNONYMS FOR mine

4. supply, stock, fund, hoard.

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Related formsun·mined, adjective

I

[ ahy ]

/ aɪ /

pronoun, nominative I, possessive my or mine, objective me; plural nominative we, possessive our or ours, objective us.

the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.

noun, plural I's.

(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).

Metaphysics. the ego.

Origin of I

before 900; Middle English ik, ich, i; Old English ic, ih; cognate with German ich, Old Norse ek, Latin ego, Greek egṓ, OCS azŭ, Lithuanian aš, Sanskrit ahám

Can be confusedaye eye I

Usage note

See me.

Min.E.

Mineral Engineer.

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I wanted to be anonymous, as some of these people were friends of mine.
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It reminds me of an uncle of mine who said the London Blitz was irritating.
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She then concluded with the assertion that, “The story and the characters of Girl Online are mine.”
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All the epochs that have existed since God first formed the world are mine to play with!
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In a word, my love, however little it might reach her heart, was everything to mine.
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Their destiny is in your hand and mine—a free Nation without a slave—the hope, refuge and inspiration of the world.
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It's a week since they started from the mine, and you'd ha' thought they'd be here now.
The Gully of Bluemansdyke|A. Conan Doyle
Poor innocent Euneece had followed me to the hotel, and had got her directions, as I had got mine.
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British Dictionary definitions for mine

mine

/ (maɪn) /

pronoun

something or someone belonging to or associated with memine is best

of mine belonging to or associated with me

determiner

(preceding a vowel) an archaic word for my 1 mine eyes; mine host

Word Origin for mine

Old English mīn; compare Old High German, Old Norse mīn, Dutch mijn

noun

a system of excavations made for the extraction of minerals, esp coal, ores, or precious stones

any deposit of ore or minerals

a lucrative source or abundant supplyshe was a mine of information

a device containing an explosive designed to destroy ships, vehicles, or personnel, usually laid beneath the ground or in water

a tunnel or sap dug to undermine a fortification

a groove or tunnel made by certain insects, esp in a leaf

verb

to dig into (the earth) for (minerals)

to make (a hole, tunnel, etc) by digging or boring

to place explosive mines in position below the surface of (the sea or land)

to undermine (a fortification) by digging mines or saps

another word for undermine

Derived Formsminable or mineable, adjective

Word Origin for mine

C13: from Old French, probably of Celtic origin; compare Irish mein, Welsh mwyn ore, mine

i

I

/ (aɪ) /

noun plural i's, I's or Is

the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet

any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit

something shaped like an I
(in combination)an I-beam

dot the i's and cross the t's to pay meticulous attention to detail

i

symbol for

the imaginary number √–1Also called: j

I

/ (aɪ) /

pronoun

(subjective) refers to the speaker or writer

Word Origin for I

C12: reduced form of Old English ic; compare Old Saxon ik, Old High German ih, Sanskrit ahám

I

symbol for

chem iodine

physics current

physics isospin

logic a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiPCompare A, E, O 1

(Roman numeral) oneSee Roman numerals

abbreviation for

Italy (international car registration)

Word Origin for I

(for sense 4) from Latin (aff) i (rmo) I affirm

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Word Origin and History for mine

mine

pron.

Old English min "mine, my," (pronoun and adjective), from Proto-Germanic *minaz (cf. Old Frisian, Old Saxon Old High German min, Middle Dutch, Dutch mijn, German mein, Old Norse minn, Gothic meins "my, mine"), from the base of me. Superseded as adjective beginning 13c. by my.

mine

n.1

"pit or tunnel in the earth for obtaining metals and minerals," c.1300, from Old French mine "vein, lode; tunnel, shaft; mineral ore; mine" (for coal, tin, etc,), of uncertain origin, probably from a Celtic source (cf. Welsh mwyn, Irish mein "ore, mine"), from Old Celtic *meini-. Italy and Greece were relatively poor in minerals, thus they did not contribute a word for this to English, but there was extensive mining from an early date in Celtic lands (Cornwall, etc.). From c.1400 as "a tunnel under fortifications to overthrow them."

v.2

"lay explosives," 1620s, in reference to old tactic of tunneling under enemy fortifications to blow them up; a specialized sense of mine (v.1) via a sense of "dig under foundations to undermine them" (late 14c.), and miner in this sense is attested from late 13c. Related: Mined; mining.

v.1

to dig, c.1300, "to tunnel under fortifications to overthrow them," from mine (n.1) or from Old French miner "to dig, mine; exterminate." From mid-14c. as "to dig in the earth" (for treasure, etc.). Figurative use from mid-14c. Related: Mined; mining.

n.2

explosive device, by 1850, from mine (v.2).

I

pron.

12c. shortening of Old English ic, first person singular nominative pronoun, from Proto-Germanic *ekan (cf. Old Frisian ik, Old Norse ek, Norwegian eg, Danish jeg, Old High German ih, German ich, Gothic ik), from PIE *eg-, nominative form of the first person singular pronoun (cf. Sanskrit aham, Hittite uk, Latin ego (source of French Je), Greek ego, Russian ja, Lithuanian aš). Reduced to i by mid-12c. in northern England, it began to be capitalized mid-13c. to mark it as a distinct word and avoid misreading in handwritten manuscripts.

The reason for writing I is ... the orthographic habit in the middle ages of using a 'long i' (that is, j or I) whenever the letter was isolated or formed the last letter of a group; the numeral 'one' was written j or I (and three iij, etc.), just as much as the pronoun. [Otto Jespersen, "Growth and Structure of the English Language," p.233]

The form ich or ik, especially before vowels, lingered in northern England until c.1400 and survived in southern dialects until 18c. The dot on the "small" letter -i- began to appear in 11c. Latin manuscripts, to distinguish the letter from the stroke of another letter (such as -m- or -n-). Originally a diacritic, it was reduced to a dot with the introduction of Roman type fonts.

Medicine definitions for mine

I

The symbol for the elementiodine

i The symbol forcurrent

Science definitions for mine

mine

[ mīn ]

An underground excavation in the Earth from which ore, rock, or minerals can be extracted.

i

[ ī ]

The number whose square is equal to -1. Numbers expressed in terms of i are called imaginary or complex numbers.

I

The symbol for electric current.

The symbol for iodine.

Idioms and Phrases with mine

mine

see back to the salt mines; gold mine; your guess is as good as mine.

i

see dot the i's and cross the t's.

mine

pronoun

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verb (used without object), mined, min·ing.

verb (used with object), mined, min·ing.

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pronoun, nominative I, possessive my or mine, objective me; plural nominative we, possessive our or ours, objective us.

noun, plural I's.

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