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  1. noun An excavation in the earth from which ore or minerals can be extracted.
  2. noun The site of such an excavation, with its surface buildings, elevator shafts, and equipment.
  3. noun A deposit of ore or minerals in the earth or on its surface.
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  • CLAIM-GV does not believe the mine is a good fit for our community, preferring clean and green 21st century jobs to a return to mining days. —  YubaNet.com
  • A CCTV report said one shareholder of the mine is already "under police control" and authorities are seeking the other owners.
  • In land warfare, a mine is an explosive device placed on ground or attacked to an object in which the user wants to establish a barrier, and which will explode due to some physical effect by a passing person or vehicle. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • The Belinga mine is a $3.5 billion project that also includes a hydroelectric dam, which will flood traditional lands and destroy what is considered the most beautiful waterfall in the forests of equatorial Africa. —  Mongabay.com News
  • "Who'd want to open a hotel or a golf course, or even a company headquarters, when this mine is here?" —  HappyNews - Top Stories
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *mīna, probably of Celtic origin.
  2. Middle English, from Old English mīn; see me-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Indefs. 1 and 2, orig. genitive of I, from Middle English min, myn, from Anglo-Saxon mīn (= Old Saxon OFries. mīn = Dutch mijn = Middle Low German mīn = Old High German Middle High German mīn, German mein (also Old High German mīnēr, Middle High German mīner, German meiner) = Ieel. minn = Swedish Danish min = Gothic (Moesogothic) meina), genitive associated with nom, ic, I, dative mē, me, me, etc.; prob. orig. an adjective, with adjective suffix -n, from the root of me: see me, I. In defs. 3, etc., merely possessive (adjective), from Middle English min, myn, mine, myne, from Anglo-Saxon mīn, etc., = Gothic (Moesogothic) meins, mine, my; from the genitive. Hence, by loss of the final consonant, my.
  2. from Middle English mine, myne = Dutch mijn = G. Danish mine = Swedish mina, from French mine = Spanish Portuguese Italian mina, from Middle Latin mina, a mine, from minare, open a mine, lead from place to place: see mine, v.
  3. from Middle English minen, mynen, from Old French miner, French miner = Spanish Portuguese minar = Italian minare(= German minen), mine, from Middle Latin minare, open a mine, lead from place to place, from Late Latin minare, drive (as by threats), from Latin minari, threaten, from minæ, threats: see menace; cf. minatory, etc. In part the verb is due to the noun.
  4. from Middle English minen, mynen, munen, from Anglo-Saxon gemynan, remember, cf. gemunan, remember: see min, mind, mint, etc.
 

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