English Dictionary

mine

/maɪ̯n/

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).

I will mine for gold in the mountains.

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.

Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.

意味（2）

To dig into, for ore or metal.

Lead veins have been traced […] but they have not been mined.

意味（3）

(transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).

We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.

意味（4）

(transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).

意味（5）

(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.

the mining cony

意味（6）

To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.

They mined the walls.

意味（7）

(by extension, figuratively) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.

意味（8）

(slang) To pick one's nose.

意味（9）

(cryptocurrencies) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

Coordinate term: mint