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mine

/maɪ̯n/ noun

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In Latin: meus, mei Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about mine at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted.
  2. Explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel.

verb

  1. Get from the earth by excavation.
    mine ores and metals
  2. Lay mines.
    The Vietnamese mined Cambodia

Origin

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, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish min, Faroese and Icelandic mín.

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