Mine
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English
Pronoun
Mine
- Non-premodifying possessive case of I. My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me. (See usage notes below.)
Notes
- My and mine are essentially two forms of the same word, with my being used attributively before the noun, and mine being used in all other cases; hence:
- No, that's not my car. (attributive use)
- That car next to it isn't mine, either. (predicative use)
- Mine is the one over there, on the far right. (substantive use)
- Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend. (absolute use)
- In archaic use, this word is occasionally used attributively after the noun, in which case mine is used:
- a1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,
- […] Flesh and blood, / You, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, / […]
- a1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,
- In the above respects, this word is analogous to most of the other possessive pronouns, as well as a number of other noun modifiers, such as lone/alone.
- Historically, my originally came to be used only before a consonant sound, and later came to be used regardless of the following sound. Nonetheless, mine still sees archaic pre-vocalic use:
- 1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII, page 10,
- Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / […]
- 1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII, page 10,
Noun
Mine (plural Mines)- An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
- (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
Derived terms
Verb
Mine (third-person singular simple present Mines, present participle mining, simple past and past participle mined)- (transitive) To remove (ore) from the ground.
- Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
- (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
- (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
Derived terms
Adjectives for Mine
gnomed; torched; fathomless; well-developed; abandoned; vast; rich; enwombed; ex-haustless; hydraulic; inexhaustible.
Verbs for Mine
abandon—; bore into—; burrow into—; cede —s to; confine in—; descend into—; emerge from—; excavate—; exhaust—; extract from —; gouge—; lower into—; operate—; ravage—; scoop from—; seal—; spring—; survey—; tunnel—; work—; —extends; — yields.
Thesaurus
Dionaea, Eldorado, Golconda, abri, abridge, abundance, abysm, abyss, approach trench, arm, armor, armor-plate, avulse, baited trap, bank, barricade, battle, bereave, blast, bleed, blitz, blockade, blow to pieces, blow up, bomb, bombard, bonanza, booby trap, bore, bulwark, bunker, burrow, carve, castellate, chasm, chisel, coal mine, colliery, communication trench, convert, cornucopia, countermine, countersink, coupure, crenellate, cultivate, curtail, cut off, cut out, deadfall, deathtrap, decoy, deepen, delve, deposit, depositary, depository, depress, deprive, deprive of, deracinate, derive, dig, dig in, dig out, dig up, diggings, dike, disentangle, disentitle, ditch, dive, divest, double sap, drain, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, drill, drive, dugout, ease one of, eldorado, embattle, entrench, entrenchment, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excavation, excise, exsect, extract, extricate, fence, fire trench, firetrap, flying sap, flytrap, font, fortified tunnel, fortify, fosse, fount, fountain, fountainhead, foxhole, fund, furrow, gallery, garrison, get out, gin, gold mine, gouge, gouge out, gravy train, groove, grow, grub, grub up, gulf, harvest, headspring, headstream, headwater, hoard, honeycomb, lighten one of, lode, look through, lower, machine, mainspring, man, man the garrison, milk, mill, mine of wealth, moat, mole trap, mother lode, mousetrap, open cut, opencast, palisade, pan, pan for gold, parallel, pick out, pit, pitfall, plant a mine, pluck out, pluck up, probe, process, prospect, pull, pull out, pull up, pump, quarry, raise, rake out, ransack, rattrap, read, rear, refine, remove, repository, reserve, reservoir, resource, rich lode, rich uncle, rip out, riverhead, root out, root up, sabotage, sap, scan, scoop, scoop out, scour, scrabble, scrape, scratch, search, set gun, shaft, shovel, sink, slit trench, smelt, sonic mine, source, source of supply, spade, spring, spring gun, springhead, staple, store, storehouse, supply, survey, take away from, take from, take out, tap, tear out, trap, trapfall, treasure trove, treasure-house, treasury, trench, trigger a mine, trough, tunnel, undermine, unearth, unravel, uproot, vein, wall, wealth, weed out, well, wellhead, wellspring, withdraw, work, workings, wrest out
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā 'ore, mine', akin to Welsh mwyn, Irish míanach 'ore'.
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| Number | Person | Gender | Subject | Objective | Reflexive | Possessive | Possessive Pronoun |
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| Singular | First | — | I | me | myself | my | mine |
| Second | — | you, thou (archaic) |
you, thee (archaic) |
yourself, thyself (archaic) theeself (archaic) |
your, thy (archaic) |
yours, thine (archaic) | |
| Third | Masculine | he | him | himself | his | ||
| Feminine | she | her | herself | her | hers | ||
| Neuter | it | itself | its | its (rare) | |||
| Plural | First | — | we | us | ourselves | our | ours |
| Second | — | you, ye (archaic) |
you | yourselves | your | yours | |
| Third | — | they | them | themselves | their | theirs | |
| Indefinite | Third | — | one | oneself | one's | — | |
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Danish
Noun
Mine c. (singular definite Minen, plural indefinite Miner)
Inflection
Pronoun
Mine
- (possessive) Plural form of min
Pronunciation
- IPA: /miːnə/, [ˈmiːnə], [ˈmiːn̩]
See also
| Number | Person | Inflection | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive | Reflexive | Reflexive possessive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | common | jeg | mig | min | ||
| neuter | mit | ||||||
| plural | mine | ||||||
| Second | common | du | dig | din | |||
| neuter | dit | ||||||
| plural | dine | ||||||
| polite form | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
| Third | masculine | han | ham | hans | sig | sin | |
| feminine | hun | hende | hendes | ||||
| common | den | den | dens | ||||
| neuter | det | det | dets | sit | |||
| plural | sine | ||||||
| Plural | First | — | vi | os | vores | ||
| common | vor | ||||||
| neuter | vort | ||||||
| plural | vore | ||||||
| Second | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
| polite form | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
| Third | – | de | dem | deres | sig | ||
French
Noun
Mine f. (plural Mines)
- mine (excavation or explosive)
Noun
Mine f. (plural Mines)
- appearance, physical aspect; expression
Derived terms
Verb form
Mine
- first-person singular present indicative of miner
- third-person singular present indicative of miner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of miner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of miner
- second-person singular imperative of miner
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Vulgar Latin *mina, from Celtic *meina.
Etymology 2
From Breton min (“beak, muzzle”).
Etymology 3
From miner
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
mine f.
- Plural form of mina.
Anagrams
Japanese
Noun
Mine (hiragana みね)
Norwegian
Pronoun
Mine plural
- plural of min
Etymology
References
- “Mine” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
Romanian
Noun
mine f. pl.
- Plural form of mină.
Pronoun
Mine (stressed accusative form of eu)
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Scots
Pronoun
Mine
Pronunciation
- IPA: /məin/
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
mine
- genitive singular form of min
Spanish
Verb
Mine (infinitive minar)
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