mine
/maɪn/ verbDefinition
DIG [I, T] › to dig out of the ground minerals such as coal, metals, and valuable stones: Tin was mined in this area for hundreds of years. He made his fortune mining for gold and diamonds.
BOMB [T] › to put mines (= bombs) in the ground or water: The southern coast was heavily mined during the war.
(Definition of mine verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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