Mine

  • 51Mine — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.  Pour l’article homophone, voir Minne. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « mine », sur le …

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  • 52mine — n. excavation from which minerals are taken 1) to open (up); operate, run, work a mine 2) to close down a mine 3) a coal; copper; diamond; gold; iron; lead; salt; silver; tin; zinc mine 4) an abandoned; strip mine explosive charge 5) to arm; lay… …

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  • 53mine — mine1 [ maın ] pronoun *** Mine is a possessive pronoun, being a possessive form of I. It can refer to a singular or plural noun, and it can be used as the subject, object, or complement of a verb or the object of a preposition: The glass on the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 54mine — {{11}}mine (n.1) pit or tunnel in the earth for obtaining metals and minerals, c.1300, from O.Fr. mine vein, lode; tunnel, shaft; mineral ore; mine (for coal, tin, etc,), of uncertain origin, probably from a Celtic source (Cf. Welsh mwyn, Ir.… …

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  • 55mine — I UK [maɪn] / US pronoun *** Summary: Mine is a possessive pronoun, being a possessive form of I. It can refer to a singular or plural noun, and it can be used as the subject, object, or complement of a verb or the object of a preposition: The… …

    English dictionary

  • 56mine — mine1 S1 [maın] pron [possessive form of I ] used by the person speaking or writing to refer to something that belongs to or is connected with himself or herself ▪ It was Glen s idea, not mine. ▪ Is that your car? No, mine is parked over the road …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 57mine — nf., unité de capacité => Hémine. nf., visage, face, air, aspect, apparence : MINA (Albanais.001), meuna (Albertville, Arvillard.228, Chambéry, Saxel.002), mnà (Bonneville, Gd Bornand, Mésigny, Sallenôves) ; fasson <façon> (001) ; êr… …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 58mine — I [[t]maɪn[/t]] pron. 1) a form of the possessive case of I used as a predicate adjective: The yellow sweater is mine[/ex] 2) fun that or those belonging to me: Mine is on the left[/ex] 3) archaic my (used before a word beginning with a vowel or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 59mine — ▪ I. mine mine 1 [maɪn] noun [countable] a deep hole or series of holes that are dug in the ground in order to find gold, coal, diamonds etc: • The closure of the coal mines caused a lot of unemployment in the area.   [m0] ▪ II. mine mine 2 verb… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 60mine — 1. noun 1) a coal mine Syn: pit, excavation, quarry, workings, diggings; strip mine, open pit mine, placer (mine), hardrock mine 2) a mine of information Syn: rich source, repository …

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