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What does mine mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word mine? Here's what it means.

Pronoun
  1. My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.
    1. Used predicatively.
    2. Used substantively, with an implied noun.
    3. Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
    4. (archaic) Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
    5. (archaic) Used attributively before a vowel.
Noun
  1. An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
  2. (figuratively) Any source of wealth or resources.
  3. (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
  4. (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
  5. (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
  6. (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
  7. (computing) A machine used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To remove (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; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
  7. (slang) To pick one's nose.
  8. (computing) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
Noun
  1. Alternative form of mien
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