Definition of mine
: my —used before a word beginning with a vowel or h this treasure in mine arms — William Shakespeare or sometimes as a modifier of a preceding noun —archaic except in an elevated style
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Recent Examples of mine from the Web
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Such programs allow retailers to better plan inventory, know which stores to close and which ones to keep, mine customer data on what works and what doesn't in terms of promotions, and lessens the risk of shoppers straying to other stores.
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Accompanied with long lines of donkeys, the Afar people mine rich salt from the ground to sell at local markets.
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Pulling back on renewable energy also creates a dire economic challenge for the state: Ten times more people work in clean energy in California than mine coal in the entire country.
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The coal industry continued to improve in productivity in the following decades as mechanization continued and mine companies began a practice called surface mining, which is more efficient and requires fewer employees.
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Matt Shepard Is A Friend Of MineThe murder of Matthew Shepard was a watershed moment for an entire generation of gay people; a shocking and brutal reminder that homophobic violence can be enacted, without provocation, at any time.
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Here's how mine looks, with the understanding that some of these items might happen only once during the whole summer, not once a day.
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The one that took a prominent place as an issue in November’s County Commission race between anti-mine incumbent Jimmy Conner and his challenger Wendy Breeden, who ousted Conner and has waffled on the mine.
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In Kevin and Derrick’s account, the legacy of deindustrialization has been far less severe—thanks to the pensions that mine workers were able to secure.
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Origin and Etymology of mine
Middle English min, from Old English mīn — more at my
mine
Definition of mine
: that which belongs to me —used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective my Your eyes are brown and mine are green.
Origin and Etymology of mine
see 1mine
mine
Definition of mine
1a : a pit or excavation in the earth from which mineral substances are takenb : an ore deposit
2 : a subterranean passage under an enemy position
3 : an encased explosive that is placed in the ground or in water and set to explode when disturbed
4 : a rich source of supply
Examples of mine in a Sentence
a baseball fanatic who is a mine of fascinating trivia about the game
the soldiers were careful to disarm any mines they found in their path
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The landmark battery facility stands in contrast to the national government’s embrace of coal, and particularly the development of a massive new coal mine in central Queensland.
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Mines have shed 70,000 jobs over the past five years.
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A friend of mine who is kind of a mystical person said to me: ‘
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Leggett mines everything for inspiration, from art history books to racist Americana to social media.
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Many state governments, including mine (Utah), are guilty of this reprehensible practice.
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Your first thought is probably the same as mine was: a shower at 38,000 feet and 575 miles per hour, WTF?
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Kemper in particular showed promise because Southern owns a lignite coal mine close to the plant.
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Senator Burr has been a friend of mine for many years.
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Origin and Etymology of mine
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *mina, probably of Celt origin; akin to Welsh mwyn ore
mine
Definition of mine
mined
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transitive verb
1a : to dig under to gain access or cause the collapse of (an enemy position)b : undermine
2a : to get (something, such as ore) from the earthb : to extract from a source information mined from the files
3 : to burrow beneath the surface of larva that mines leaves
4 : to place military mines in, on, or under mine a harbor
5a : to dig into for ore or metalb : to process for obtaining a natural constituent mine the air for nitrogenc : to seek valuable material in mine old records for more details
intransitive verb
: to dig a mine
miner
nounExamples of mine in a Sentence
The area was soon filled with prospectors who were mining for gold.
Prospectors mined the region for diamonds.
Local people were hired to mine the gold.
The enemy had mined the harbor.
Recent Examples of mine from the Web
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Coal’s fortunes had appeared to hit a new low less than two weeks ago, when British energy company BP reported that tonnage mined worldwide fell 6.5 percent in 2016, the largest drop on record.
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But though that world may seem monolithic to outsiders, as Nehama and director Emil Ben-Shimon well understand, there is a genuine rift there, a clash of cultures often unspoken and unacknowledged that the film has adroitly mined.
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This private cavern in Childersburg has been used by Native Americans, moonshiners, and mined for Civil War gunpowder.
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This is the perpetual question with the franchise and will be until the next Lombardi Trophy is mined.
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Then came Ethereum, a cryptocurrency that can be mined like Bitcoin.
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The theme that the studio mined with greatest success during its first decade and a half was parenthood, whether real (Finding Nemo, The Incredibles) or implicit (Monsters, Inc., Up).
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Los Angeles record executive Larry Ray and producer Bill Syzmczyk came to mine it.
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There was no strategic plan to mine one organization for talent, yet as the offseason continued and the winter months passed, the Royals kept acquiring former Chicago Cubs.
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First Known Use of mine
14th century
MINE Defined for English Language Learners
mine
Definition of mine for English Language Learners
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: a pit or tunnel from which minerals (such as coal, gold, diamonds, etc.) are taken
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: a bomb that is placed in the ground or in water and that explodes when it is touched
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: a rich source of something (such as information)
mine
Definition of mine for English Language Learners
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: to dig a mine in order to find and take away coal, gold, diamonds, etc.
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: to find and take away (coal, gold, diamonds, etc.) from a mine
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: to search for something valuable in (something)
MINE Defined for Kids
Definition of mine for Students
: that which belongs to me That book is mine. Those books are mine.
Definition of mine for Students
1 : a pit or tunnel from which minerals (as coal, gold, or diamonds) are taken
2 : an explosive device placed in the ground or water and set to explode when disturbed (as by an enemy soldier, vehicle, or ship)
3 : a rich source of supply She was a mine of information.
Definition of mine for Students
mined
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1 : to dig or work in a mine They mined the hills for gold.
2 : to obtain from a mine mine coal
3 : to place explosive mines in or under mine a field
miner
nounLearn More about mine
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