mining

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.

   gold mining

2. 2
   noun

   Any activity that extracts or undermines.

   His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.

3. 3
   noun

   Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.

   Kazakhstan became last year the world’s second-largest centre for bitcoin mining after the United States, according to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, after China clamped down on crypto mining activity.

4. 4
   noun

   the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

5. 5
   noun

   laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

6. 6
   noun

   The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).

7. 7
   verb

   present participle and gerund of mine