mine

Meanings

Plural: mine, mines

Noun

excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
Any source of wealth or resources.
A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
Alternative form of mien.

Verb

get from the earth by excavation
- "mine ores and metals"
lay mines
- "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"
To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
To dig into, for ore or metal.
To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
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.
To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
To tap into.
To pick one's nose.
To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

Pron

That or those belonging to me.
Used predicatively.
That or those belonging to me.
Used substantively, with an implied noun.
That or those belonging to me.
Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
That or those belonging to me.
My house or home.
That or those belonging to me.
As double possessive.

Det

My; belonging to me.
Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
My; belonging to me.
Used attributively before a vowel.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 6

mine is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mine is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mine is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

mine is a valid Words With Friends word