Mine - English meaning

noun

An extensive area containing a number of underground coal strata.

Usage examples:

In the heshan coalfield, all coals show a strong marine influence, as indicated by the very high or…

noun

An area where there is a lot of coal in the ground

noun

A coal mine and the buildings and equipment associated with it.

Usage examples:

A breath of hope came in 1994 when uk coal's predecessor rjb mining, bought 21 collieries from brit…

noun

A coal mine and all the buildings, machines, etc. connected with it

noun

A sum of money paid into a bank or building society account.

Usage examples:

Cash funds which are an alternative to bank or building society deposits

verb

Put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place.

Usage examples:

He deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table

noun

An amount of money paid into an account

Usage examples:

She made a large deposit last thursday., will you get your deposit back if you cancel the trip?, th…

verb

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Usage examples:

He drew a map

noun

An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

Usage examples:

The draw has been made for this year's tournament

verb

Cause to move by pulling

verb

Make (a hole or channel) by digging.

Usage examples:

The cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench

verb

To dig a hole or channel in the ground, or to make a hole or channel by removing earth

Usage examples:

[ i ] we’ll be excavating here for the foundation of the building., [ t ] archaeologists are excava…

verb

To remove earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past

Usage examples:

Ice age bones are being excavated in the caves.

noun

The action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site.

Usage examples:

The methods of excavation have to be extremely rigorous

noun

The act of removing earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past

Usage examples:

Excavation of three skulls and one full skeleton were discovered during the excavation of an egypti…

noun

The act of digging a hole or channel in the ground, especially with a machine

Usage examples:

The site has been undergoing demolition and excavation since august., excavation work construction …

verb

Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.

Usage examples:

The fossils are extracted from the chalk

noun

A short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.

Usage examples:

An extract from a historical film

verb

Remove, usually with some force or effort

noun

A district in which gold is found as a mineral.

Usage examples:

The klondike goldfields

noun

An area of land containing gold that can be mined (= dug out of the ground)

noun

A vein of metal ore in the earth.

Usage examples:

The tin oxide was very thinly scattered within the lode

noun

A layer of metal in its natural form as ore in the ground

noun

A large hole in the ground.

Usage examples:

I do not see any risk of these pits becoming breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

verb

Set someone or something in conflict or competition with.

Usage examples:

You'll get the chance to pit your wits against the world champions

verb

Remove the pit from (fruit).

Usage examples:

Leave some cherries whole so people can see later on how hard you worked pitting real cherries.

noun

A place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted.

Usage examples:

A limestone quarry

verb

Extract (stone or other materials) from a quarry.

Usage examples:

Limestone is quarried for use in blast furnaces

noun

An animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey.

Usage examples:

Grouse are not an easy quarry for a hawk

verb

Take (something) away or off from the position occupied.

Usage examples:

Customs officials removed documents from the premises

noun

A degree of remoteness or separation.

Usage examples:

At this remove, the whole incident seems insane

noun

A line where two pieces of fabric are sewn together in a garment or other article.

Usage examples:

He turned to the foreman and said, ‘the patterns of the side seams on these coats do not match.’

verb

Sew the seam of or join with a seam.

Usage examples:

Our stockings are seamed by hand

noun

A long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar.

Usage examples:

The shaft of a golf club

verb

(of light) shine in beams.

Usage examples:

Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight

verb

Find (something) in the ground by digging.

Usage examples:

Workmen unearthed an ancient artillery shell

verb

To find something by digging in the ground

Usage examples:

Artifacts more than 500 years old have been unearthed at the site., two amateur historians unearthe…

noun

Any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood towards the heart.

Usage examples:

This puts the full weight of your uterus on your back and on the major vein that carries blood betw…

noun

A tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body

Usage examples:

A vein of iron ore, she published many novels and stories in the romantic vein then popular.

noun

The action of doing work.

Usage examples:

Working with animals teaches patience

adjective

Having paid employment.

Usage examples:

The size of the working population

adjective

Functioning or able to function.

Usage examples:

The mill still has a working waterwheel