mine
verb/maɪn/
/maɪn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mine | /maɪn/ /maɪn/ |
| he / she / it mines | /maɪnz/ /maɪnz/ |
| past simple mined | /maɪnd/ /maɪnd/ |
| past participle mined | /maɪnd/ /maɪnd/ |
| -ing form mining | /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/ /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to dig holes in the ground in order to find and obtain coal, diamonds, etc.
- mine A (for B) The area has been mined for slate for centuries.
- mine B Uranium is mined from deep underground.
- mine (for B) They were mining for gold.
- [transitive] mine something to place mines below the surface of an area of land or water; to destroy a vehicle with mines
- The coastal route had been mined.
- The UN convoy was mined on its way to the border.
Word Originverb late Middle English: from Old French mine (noun), miner (verb), perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh mwyn ‘ore’, earlier ‘mine’.
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