mine

[maɪn]

Definition:
1. Refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker.
2. A deep hole or holes under the ground where minerals such as coal, gold.
3. A type of bomb that is hidden under the ground or in the sea and that explodes when somebody or something touches it.

Similar: dine, cine, bine, pine

Use 'mine' in a sentence:

• 1. You can get a new set of tools, or else you may use mine for the time being.
• 2. His visit and mine overlapped.
• 3. His world seemed so different from mine.
• 4. The accident happened through no fault of mine.
• 5. "Here, have mine."—"No, this is fine."
• 6. A friend of mine gave me this number to call.
• 7. The engine is used for pumping water out of the mine.
• 8. 'Whose is this?' — 'It's mine.'
• 9. A colleague of mine in England devised the following very clever little experiment.
• 10. Her telephone number differs from mine by one digit.
• 11. I believe you have something of mine.
• 12. That wasn't his fault, it was mine.
• 13. I'm looking for a friend of mine who lives here.
• 14. Her right hand is inches from mine.
• 15. The approaches to the garrison have been heavily mined.
• 16. The pit is being shut down because it no longer has enough coal that can be mined economically.
• 17. Plastic flowers have always been a particular hate of mine.
• 18. Her dress is almost identical to mine.
• 19. 'That's mine!' she said possessively.
• 20. His department will be merged with mine.
• 21. You go your way and I'll go mine.
• 22. He's a friend of mine.