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Mining
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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noun
1.
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
2.
a place where such minerals may be obtained, either by excavation or by washing the soil.
3.
a natural deposit of such minerals.
4.
an abundant source; store: a mine of information.
5.
EXPANDa 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.
6.
a similar device used on land against personnel or vehicles; land mine.
7.
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.
8.
COLLAPSEa passageway in the parenchyma of a leaf, made by certain insects.
verb (used without object)
9.
to dig in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, etc.; make a mine.
10.
to extract coal, ore, or the like, from a mine.
11.
to make subterranean passages.
12.
to place or lay mines, as in military or naval operations.
verb (used with object)
13.
to dig in (earth, rock, etc.) in order to obtain ores, coal, etc.
14.
to extract (ore, coal, etc.) from a mine.
15.
to avail oneself of or draw useful or valuable material from: to mine every reference book available in writing the term paper.
16.
to use, especially a natural resource: to mine the nation's forests.
17.
EXPANDto make subterranean passages in or under; burrow.
18.
to make (passages, tunnels, etc.) by digging or burrowing.
19.
to dig away or remove the foundations of.
20.
to place or lay military or naval mines under: to mine an enemy supply road.
21.
Agriculture. to grow crops in (soil) over an extended time without fertilizing.
22.
COLLAPSEto remove (a natural resource) from its source without attempting to replenish it.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
un·mined, adjective
Synonyms
4. supply, stock, fund, hoard.
4. supply, stock, fund, hoard.
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mine
"lay explosives," 1620s, in reference to old tactic of tunneling under enemy fortifications to blow them up; from mine (n.). The sense of "to dig under foundations to undermine them" is from late 14c., and miner in this sense is attested from late 13c. Related: Mined; mining.
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mine  (mīn) Pronunciation Key
An underground excavation in the Earth from which ore, rock, or minerals can be extracted. |
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