Mine
SEE: Miennoun
- 1.
- (the thing belonging to me) របស់ខ្ញុំ
- 2.
- (An excavation in the earth for extracting metal or coal etc., an abundant source of something, any great source of supply) កំណប់រ៉ែ, រតនសម្បត្ដិ, វត្ថុដែលមានតម្លៃឬប្រយោជន៍
- 3.
- មីនរ៉ែ, អណ្តូងរ៉ែ
- 4.
- (FRENCH) មីន
verb — past tense: mined ; past participle: mined ; present participle: mining ;
- 1.
- យករ៉ែ, ដាក់គ្រាប់មីន, កម្ទេចដោយគ្រាប់មីន
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A subterranean cavity or passage
- 2.
- A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries.
- 3.
- A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent.
- 4.
- (FIGURATIVE) A rich source of wealth or other good.
verb — past tense: mined ; past participle: mined ; present participle: mining ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or otherwise.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To dig into, for ore or metal.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.
- 1.
- Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel.