MINE

I. adjective see: my Date: before 12th century my , II. pronoun Usage: singular or plural in construction Date: before 12th century that which belongs to me, III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *mina, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh mwyn ore Date: 14th century 1. a pit or excavation in the earth from which ~ral 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, IV. verb (~d; mining) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to dig under to gain access or cause the collapse of (an enemy position), under~ , 2. to get (as ore) from the earth, to extract from a source , to burrow beneath the surface of , to place military ~s in, on, or under , 5. to dig into for ore or metal, to process for obtaining a natural constituent , to seek valuable material in, intransitive verb to dig a ~, ~r noun