mine

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adjective

ˈmīn

: my

—used before a word beginning with a vowel or h

this treasure in mine arms

William Shakespeare

or sometimes as a modifier of a preceding noun

—archaic except in an elevated style

mine

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pronoun

singular or plural in construction

: that which belongs to me

—used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective my

Your eyes are brown and mine are green.

mine

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noun

: a pit or excavation in the earth from which mineral substances are taken

: an ore deposit

: a subterranean passage under an enemy position

: an encased explosive that is placed in the ground or in water and set to explode when disturbed

: a rich source of supply

mine

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verb

mined; mining

transitive verb

: to dig under to gain access or cause the collapse of (an enemy position)

: undermine

: to get (something, such as ore) from the earth

: to extract from a source

information mined from the files

: to burrow beneath the surface of

larva that mines leaves

: to place military mines in, on, or under

mine a harbor

: to dig into for ore or metal

: to process for obtaining a natural constituent

mine the air for nitrogen

: to seek valuable material in

mine old records for more details

: to create or obtain more units of (a cryptocurrency) through a cryptographic process

But bitcoins also need to be generated in the first place. Bitcoins are "mined" when you set your Bitcoin client to a mode that has it compete to update the public log of transactions. All the clients set to this mode race to solve a cryptographic puzzle by completing the next "block" of the shared transaction log. Winning the race to complete the next block wins you a 50-Bitcoin prize.

Tom Simonite

intransitive verb

: to dig a mine

miner noun

Example Sentences

Noun a baseball fanatic who is a mine of fascinating trivia about the game the soldiers were careful to disarm any mines they found in their path Verb The area was soon filled with prospectors who were mining for gold. Prospectors mined the region for diamonds. Local people were hired to mine the gold. The enemy had mined the harbor. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Just to be able to represent Muhammad Ali, in any way, who was an idol of mine is a honor, a blessing.

Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022 Frank Reich is a friend of mine, was one of my former coaches.

Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2022 And that's something that will be a focus of mine as well.

CBS News, 20 Nov. 2022 One of Che’s favorite recipes in the book is for a tofu dish that’s quickly becoming a go-to of mine, too.

Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022 Some co-workers of mine are puzzled about how (if at all) to handle a colleague who doesn’t seem to think the rules apply to her.

Roxane Gay, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2022 In a recent negotiation, a client of mine applied for an account manager role in New York City that listed $110,000 as the top of the salary range.

Time, 15 Nov. 2022 People [were] digging up old posts of mine, tweeting out memes about me.

Abc News, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2022 Associated Press Top 25 poll, but mine is not one of them.

Nathan Baird, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2022

Verb

Homer does get into the ad game after his accidental wood chipper murder of Krusty brings him to the attention of some unscrupulous mad men looking to mine the likenesses of dead celebs for tasteless monetization.

Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2022 They are etched with numbers, individual claims to mine these small plots for gold.

Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 17 July 2022 The hope is to transport massive robotic lunar landers with the aim of building landing pads and work stations where scientists can conduct basic research and businesses can eventually mine the surface for rare metals.

Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 June 2022 Reality Bites is the latest Universal feature title to get the TV treatment as the streamer, like others, continues to mine its library for popular properties that could bring subscriber dollars to the platform.

Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2022 The Bruins should get a big lift this summer upon the arrival of Rutgers transfer Raiqwon O’Neal, a possible starter at left tackle, and could continue to mine the transfer portal for additional offensive linemen.

Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022 Organizations will need to begin to collect and mine their data for metaverse insights.

Daniel Newman, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 Stricker, a construction company owner in rural Clackamas County, took a break this past week from finishing the family’s new beach house in Rockaway and drove to Sunset Beach, north of Gearhart, to mine its sands for delectable razor clams.

Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022 In the same way Stoops and recruiting coordinator Vince Marrow used their Ohio roots to mine the Buckeye State for talent, White needs no reminder that talent can come from the Northeast too.

Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 4 Feb. 2022 See More

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