The meaning of Mining

Mining – definition

noun
The process or industry of obtaining coal or other minerals from a mine.
Usage examples:
Close linkages between mining and other sectors of the economy

verb
Obtain (coal or other minerals) from a mine.
Usage examples:
The company came to the area to mine phosphate
Synonims:
Quarry Excavate Dig (up)Extract Unearth Remove Draw Scoop out Strip-mine
verb
Lay explosive mines on or just below the surface of (the ground or water).
Usage examples:
The area was heavily mined
Synonims:
Defend with mines Protect with mines Lay with mines Sow with mines

noun
The industry or activity of removing coal and other substances from the earth

noun
The industry or activity of removing substances such as coal or metal from the ground by digging
Usage examples:
Explosives and detonators are widely used in mining., coal/salt/gold/diamond mining traditional ind…

Mining translation into English

Mining: translate from English into Chinese

矿业, 采矿, 采掘, 采矿的, 敷设地雷

Mining: translate from English into Dutch

Mijnbouw, Mijnbouwkundig, Mijnwezen, Mijnarbeid, Bergbouw

Mining: translate from English into French

Exploitation minière, Extraction, Miné, Mouillage de mines

Mining: translate from English into German

Bergbau, Abbau, Förderung, Verminung, Verminen, Minenlegen, Sprengung, Arbeit im bergwerk, Sprengung mit einer mine

Mining: translate from English into Hindi

खुदाई, खनन, खनिज, माइन डालना, खान-संबंधी उद्योग, खनिकर्म

Mining: translate from English into Italian

Estrazione, Minerario, Industria mineraria, Scava, Posa di mine

Mining: translate from English into Korean

채광, 부설, 광업의

Mining: translate from English into Russian

Добыча, Горный, Горное дело, Минирование, Горная промышленность, Горнорудный, Горнопромышленный, Рудный, Минное дело

Mining: translate from English into Spanish

Minería, Extracción, Explotación

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French mine (noun), miner (verb), perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh mwyn ‘ore’, earlier ‘mine’.

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Mining – similar words

mined

verb
Obtain (coal or other minerals) from a mine.
Usage examples:
The company came to the area to mine phosphate

possessive pronoun
Used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker.
Usage examples:
You go your way and i'll go mine

possessive determiner
(used before a vowel) my.
Usage examples:
Tears did fill mine eyes

All meanings and translations of Mined

mine

noun
An excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals.
Usage examples:
A copper mine

verb
Obtain (coal or other minerals) from a mine.
Usage examples:
The company came to the area to mine phosphate

possessive pronoun
Used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker.
Usage examples:
You go your way and i'll go mine

All meanings and translations of Mine

Mining synonims

draw

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

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excavate

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…

All meanings and translations of Excavate

extract

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

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quarry

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

All meanings and translations of Quarry

remove

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

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unearth

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…

All meanings and translations of Unearth

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