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mine
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mine
pron.
belonging to me
n.
excavation in the earth for the purpose of digging out certain substances (i.e. precious stones, minerals, coal, etc.), diggings; treasure, abundant source; explosive planted in the earth that is detonated by touch or remote control
v.
extract certain substances (minerals, precious stones, etc.) from the ground, dig out; make tunnels, burrow; plant explosive mines in the ground; search and make use of an abundant source of information; undermine, attack underhandedly
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MinE
The MinE protein is one of three proteins of the Min system encoded by the minB operon required to generate pole to pole oscillations prior to bacterial cell division as a means of specifying the midzone of the cell, as seen in E.coli.
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Mine
Mine, mines, or miners may refer to:
- A first-person English possessive pronoun
- Land mine, an anti-tank and anti-personnel weapon
- Naval mine, an explosive device placed in water to destroy ships or submarines
- Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground
- Metaphorically, to extract something of value from a great mass of material, as in data mining
- Mining (military), digging under a fortified military position
- miners, people mining or digging
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Trout Fishing in America (band)
Trout Fishing in America is a musical duo which performs folk rock and children's music. The duo is composed of Keith Grimwood (upright bass, Clevinger bass, bass guitar, vocals) and Ezra Idlet (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, vocals). They took their name from the novel Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan.
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mine
Noun
1. excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
(hypernym) excavation, hole in the ground
(hyponym) coal mine, coalpit
(part-holonym) colliery, pit
(part-meronym) adit
2. explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
(hypernym) explosive device
(hyponym) floating mine, marine mine
Verb
1. get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals"
(hypernym) exploit, tap
(hyponym) strip mine, surface mine, surface-mine
(entail) dig, delve, cut into, turn over
(classification) mining, excavation
2. lay mines; "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"
(hypernym) reinforce, reenforce
(hyponym) countermine
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Mine (die)
nf.
mine, excavation in the earth for the purpose of digging out certain substances, (i.e. precious stones, minerals, coal, etc.); explosive planted in the earth that is detonated by touch or remote control; refill (such as an ink refill for a pen)
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mine
nf.
mien, face, expression; appearance, look; mine, pit; repository
miné
adj.
mined, mining
miner
v.
undermine, undercut, erode; sap, mine
