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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.