mine

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   lay mines

   The Vietnamese mined Cambodia

2. 2
   verb

   get from the earth by excavation

   mine ores and metals

3. 3
   pron

   That or those belonging to me.

   The house itself is mine, but the land is not.

4. 4
   det

   My; belonging to me.

   Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls!

5. 5
   noun

   An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

   Meronyms: mine shaft, mineshaft; mine car

6. 6
   noun

   Any source of wealth or resources.

   She's a mine of information about the history of mathematics.

7. 7
   noun

   A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.

   The most famous mine of the American Civil War led to the Battle of the Crater.

8. 8
   noun

   A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.

   Holonym: minefield

Etymology

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, Swedish and Norwegian min, Icelandic mín.