mine

Meanings

Pronoun

• That which belongs to me.

Noun

• An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
• Any source of wealth or resources.
• A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
• A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
• A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
• The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
• A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
• Alternative of mien

Verb

• To remove (ore) from the ground.
• To dig into, for ore or metal.
• To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
• To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
• To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
• To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
• To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
• To pick one's nose.
• To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

Origin

• From Middle English min, myn, from Old English 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, Swedish and Norwegian min, Icelandic mín.
• From Middle English, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish mianach ("ore")), from Proto-Celtic *mēnis ("ore, metal").
• Borrowed from French mine.