mine

mine is on the Basic English 850 List.

mind - mine - minute

Pronunciation

• enPR: mīn, IPA ^(key): /maɪn/

• Audio (US)

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Pronoun

Pronoun mine

1. (possessive) If something is mine, it belongs to me.

   Give that back to me! It's mine!

		Singular					Plural
		Subject	Object	Possessive 1	Possessive 2	Reflexive	Subject	Object	Possessive 1	Possessive 2	Reflexive
First		I	me	my	mine	myself	we	us	our	ours	ourselves
Second		you	you	your	yours	yourself	you	you	your	yours	yourselves
Third	Feminine	she	her	her	hers	herself	they	them	their	theirs	themselves
	Masculine	he	him	his	his	himself
	Impersonal	it	it	its	its	itself

Noun

Singular mine

Plural mines

1. (countable) A mine is a large hole in the ground from which rocks and minerals are taken.
2. (countable) (military) A mine is a device that explodes when it is touched, or when a ship, vehicle, or person comes close to it.

Related words

• mineshaft
• landmine
• minefield
• minesweeper

Verb

Plain form mine

Third-person singular mines

Past tense mined

Past participle mined

Present participle mining

1. (transitive) If you mine rocks or minerals, you dig them out of the ground.
2. (transitive) If you mine an area, you dig a mine there.
3. (transitive) If you mine an area, you put exploding mines there.

   The soldiers mined the field to help kill their enemies.

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