Meaning

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

    Meronyms: mine shaft, mineshaft; mine car

    This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.

    Grube, Mine, Bergwerk

    ша́хтаšáxta, рудни́кrudník

    ша́хтаšáxta, рудни́кrudnýk

    excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

  2. (figuratively)Any source of wealth or resources.

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

    Quelle

  3. 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.

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

    Holonym: minefield

    His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.

    Mine

    ми́наmína

    мі́наmína

  5. A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.

  6. The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.

  7. A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.

    A change to the blockchain method was contemplated to allow mines to hog less electric power.

Examples

2023 sentences
  1. Your problem is similar to mine.

    Твоя проблема схожа на мою. — deniko

    ruТвоя проблема похожа на мою. — redscorp

    deDein Problem ist meinem ähnlich. — xtofu80

  2. Your bike is better than mine.

    Твій велосипед кращий за мій. — deniko

    ruТвой велик лучше моего. — Mukaltin

    deDein Fahrrad ist besser als meins. — MUIRIEL

  3. Your plan seems better than mine.

    Твій план здається кращим за мій. — deniko

    ruТвой план выглядит лучше моего. — vilnat

    deIhr Plan scheint besser als meiner zu sein. — MUIRIEL

  4. Your opinion is similar to mine.

    Твоя думка схожа на мою. — deniko

    ruТвоё мнение схоже с моим. — Lenin_1917

    deDeine Meinung ist ähnlich wie meine. — mayabe

  5. Your method is different from mine.

    Твій метод відрізняється від мого. — anastasishko

    ruТвой метод отличается от моего. — odexed

    deDeine Methode ist anders als meine. — Aldain

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
excavation from which ore is extracted:
military: exploding device:
Русский
By meaning 2
excavation from which ore is extracted:
military: exploding device:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
excavation from which ore is extracted:
source of wealth or resources:

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

plural: mines
Singularmine
Pluralmines

regular

Word family

58 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