mine

Meaning

Pron

1. That or those belonging to me.
2. That or those belonging to me.
3. That or those belonging to me.
4. (informal) That or those belonging to me.
5. That or those belonging to me.

Det

1. (archaic) My; belonging to me.
2. (archaic) My; belonging to me.

Noun

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

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
2. To dig into, for ore or metal.
3. (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
4. (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
5. (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
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.

Noun

Alternative form of mien.

Synonyms

my

pit

quarry

extract

possessive pronoun

sap

for me

excavate

me

belonging to me

my own

undermine

I

land mine

dig

shaft

ore deposit

delve

well

burrow

dig out

landmine

dig up

diggings

hole

🕳️

tunnel

produce

thunder

🌩️

field

exploit

trench

excavation

colliery

engrave

drive

coal

drill

dredge

cloaca

ditch

mined

chuckhole

bomb

💣

abyss

lead

dig into

chisel

mining

hollow

hoe

Translations

Mine

mine

mijn

mina

miniera

mina

Bergwerk

mina

νάρκη

μεταλλείο

Grube

ορυχείο

mina

il mio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maɪ̯n/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: min

Inherited from Old English: mīn

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: mien

Cognate with Western Frisian: myn

Cognate with Dutch: mijn

Cognate with Low German: mien

Cognate with German: mein

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: min

Cognate with Icelandic: mín

Cognate with Welsh: mwyn

Cognate with Irish: mianach

In summary

From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *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.