Meaning

10 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.

    Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.

    fördern, abbauen

    добыва́тьdobyvátʹ, добы́тьdobýtʹ

  2. To dig into, for ore or metal.

    добыва́тьdobyvátʹ, добы́тьdobýtʹ

  3. (transitive)To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).

    We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.

    verminen

    мини́роватьminírovatʹ, замини́роватьzaminírovatʹ

    мінува́тиminuváty, замінува́тиzaminuváty

    lay mines

  4. (transitive)To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).

    подрыва́тьpodryvátʹ, подорва́тьpodorvátʹ

    підрива́тиpidryváty, підірва́тиpidirváty

  5. (intransitive)To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.

    the mining cony

  6. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.

  7. (broadly, figuratively)To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.

  8. (broadly, figuratively)To tap into.

  9. (slang)To pick one's nose.

  10. To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

    ма́йнитьmájnitʹ

Examples

2023 sentences
  1. Your problem is similar to mine.

    Твоя проблема схожа на мою.

    ruТвоя проблема похожа на мою.

    deDein Problem ist meinem ähnlich.

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  2. Your bike is better than mine.

    Твій велосипед кращий за мій.

    ruТвой велик лучше моего.

    deDein Fahrrad ist besser als meins.

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  3. Your plan seems better than mine.

    Твій план здається кращим за мій.

    ruТвой план выглядит лучше моего.

    deIhr Plan scheint besser als meiner zu sein.

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  4. Your opinion is similar to mine.

    Твоя думка схожа на мою.

    ruТвоё мнение схоже с моим.

    deDeine Meinung ist ähnlich wie meine.

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  5. Your method is different from mine.

    Твій метод відрізняється від мого.

    ruТвой метод отличается от моего.

    deDeine Methode ist anders als meine.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to sow mines in:
to damage with a mine:
Русский
By meaning 4
to remove ore from the ground:
to sow mines in:
to damage with a mine:
computing: to earn new units of cryptocurrency:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to remove ore from the ground:
to sow mines in:

Origin

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (com

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish mianach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).

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Forms

mines, mining, mined, mined
Base formmine · to mine
3rd person singularmines
Present participlemining
Past simplemined
Past participlemined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymine
he, she, itmines

Past simpleLesson

all personsmined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mined
he, she, ithas mined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mine

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • friend of mine
  • better than mine
  • these are mine
  • similar to mine
  • older than mine
  • different from mine
  • student of mine
  • books are mine
  • cleaner than mine
  • relative of mine
  • larger than mine
  • of mine in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mine — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto