I. PRONOUN USE
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Mine is the first person singular possessive pronoun. A speaker or writer uses ~ to refer to something that belongs or relates to himself or herself.
Her right hand is inches from ~...
I’m looking for a friend of ~ who lives here.
PRON: oft n of PRON
II. NOUN AND VERB USES
(~s, mining, ~d)
1.
A ~ is a place where deep holes and tunnels are dug under the ground in order to obtain a ~ral such as coal, diamonds, or gold.
...coal ~s.
N-COUNT: oft n N
2.
When a ~ral such as coal, diamonds, or gold is ~d, it is obtained from the ground by digging deep holes and tunnels.
The pit is being shut down because it no longer has enough coal that can be ~d economically.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
3.
A ~ is a bomb which is hidden in the ground or in water and which explodes when people or things touch it.
N-COUNT
4.
If an area of land or water is ~d, ~s are placed there which will explode when people or things touch them.
The approaches to the garrison have been heavily ~d.
VERB: be V-ed, also V n
5.
If you say that someone is a ~ of information, you mean that they know a great deal about something.
PHRASE: ~ inflects, usu v-link PHR
6.
see also mining