present participle of salt the mine

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of salt the mine

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see salt, the, mine. / (by extension) To set up a confidence trick; to plant false evidence of the value of something.

A form of mining that uses pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment.

(slang, weaponry, video games) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.

present participle of strip-mine

Alternative spelling of strip mine

To mine by creating a strip mine, usually for coal or tar sands.

(military) A mine that is placed on land and designed to explode when stepped upon or touched.

(databases) A technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful.