mines

/maɪnz/

noun

  1. 1

    Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.

  2. 2

    A specific facial expression.

noun

  1. 1

    An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

  2. 2

    Any source of wealth or resources.

  3. 3

    A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.

  4. 4

    A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.

  5. 5

    A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.

  6. 6

    The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.

  7. 7

    A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.

verb

  1. 1

    To remove (ore) from the ground.

  2. 2

    To dig into, for ore or metal.

  3. 3

    To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).

  4. 4

    To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).

  5. 5

    To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.

  6. 6

    To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.

  7. 7

    (by extension) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.

  8. 8

    To pick one's nose.

  9. 9

    To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

pronoun

  1. 1

    Variation of mine, formed through analogy based on the final -s of the other possessive pronouns (ours, yours, hers, theirs, his)

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