mine
IPA: mˈaɪn
noun
- An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- (figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
- (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
- (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
- (computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
- Alternative form of mien [(countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.]
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
- To dig into, for ore or metal.
- (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
- (intransitive) 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.
- (by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
- (slang) To pick one's nose.
- (cryptocurrencies) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
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