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Author Etothetaui
Tags author:etothetaui fun isolate jasdanu mine unrated
Created 2020-08-02
Last Modified 2020-08-24
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Description Collab with jasdanu [nmaps.net], and inspiration for mine jumper elements from amibe [nmaps.net]

mine1
/mīn/
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pronoun
pronoun: mine
used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker.
"you go your way and I'll go mine"
determinerARCHAIC
determiner: mine
(used before a vowel) my.
"tears did fill mine eyes"
Origin

Old English mīn, of Germanic origin; related to me1 and to Dutch mijn and German mein .
mine2
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noun
noun: mine; plural noun: mines
1.
an excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals.
"a copper mine"
Similar:
pit
colliery
excavation
quarry
workings
diggings
lode
vein
seam
deposit
shaft
mineshaft
coalfield
goldfield
opencast mine
open-pit mine
strip mine

an abundant source of something.
"the book contains a mine of information"
Similar:
rich source
repository
store
storehouse
reservoir
gold mine
mint
treasure house
treasury
reserve
fund
wealth
vein
stock
supply
hoard
accumulation
wellspring
2.
a type of bomb placed on or just below the surface of the ground or in the water that detonates when disturbed by a person, vehicle, or ship.
HISTORICAL
a subterranean passage under the wall of a besieged fortress, especially one in which explosives are put to blow up fortifications.
Similar:
tunnel
sap
verb
verb: mine; 3rd person present: mines; past tense: mined; past participle: mined; gerund or present participle: mining
1.
obtain (coal or other minerals) from a mine.
Similar:
quarry
excavate
dig (up)
extract
unearth
remove
draw
scoop out
strip-mine
dig in (the earth) for coal or other minerals.
"the hills were mined for copper oxide"
dig or burrow in (the earth).
delve into (an abundant source) to extract something of value, especially information or skill.
"how do they manage to mine such a rich vein of talent?"
Similar:
search
ransack
delve into
rake through
scour
scan
read
look through
survey
obtain units of (a cryptocurrency) by running a computer process to solve specific mathematical problems.
"if you're mining bitcoin you need to do it faster than anyone else"
2.
lay explosive mines on or just below the surface of (the ground or water).
"the area was heavily mined"
Similar:
defend with mines
protect with mines
lay with mines
sow with mines
destroy by means of an explosive mine.
Origin

late Middle English: from Old French mine (noun), miner (verb), perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh mwyn ‘ore’, earlier ‘mine’.

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