āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨
a deep hole or large tunnel in the ground where workers dig for salt, gold, coal, etc.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The abandoned mine was converted into a tourist attraction.
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖā§ āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The area was declared safe after all the mines were successfully removed.
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
to mine
01
āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to extract resources from the earth by digging
Transitive: to mine resources
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Gold prospectors pan for gold in rivers to mine valuable particles.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻž
to place explosive mines in a location, usually as a military tactic or for defensive purposes
Transitive: to mine a place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The navy ships mined the harbor to protect against enemy ships entering the area.
āĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
used to indicate that something belongs to or is associated with the speaker
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
miner
mine
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
