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mine

From Wiktionary
mine is on the Basic English 850 List.
mind - mine - minute

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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Pronoun
mine

  1. (possessive) If something is mine, it belongs to me.
    Give that back to me! It's mine!
SingularPlural
SubjectObjectPossessive 1Possessive 2ReflexiveSubjectObjectPossessive 1Possessive 2Reflexive
First Imemyminemyselfweusouroursourselves
Second youyouyouryoursyourselfyouyouyouryoursyourselves
Third Feminine sheherherhersherselftheythemtheirtheirsthemselves
Masculine hehimhishishimself
Impersonal itititsitsitself

Noun

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Singular
mine

Plural
mines

An ore mine (sense 1)
An underwater mine (sense 2)
  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.
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Verb

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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.