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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mine \Mine\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Mined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mining}.]
1. 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.
They mined the walls. --Hayward.
Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers . . . had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To dig into, for ore or metal.
Lead veins have been traced . . . but they have not been mined. --Ure.
3. To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.
The principal ore mined there is the bituminous cinnabar. --Ure.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
mined \mined\ adjective extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth. [Narrower terms: {deep-mined}; {exploited}; {strip-mined}] [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mined
adjective: extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth [ant: {unmined}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "mined": assembled, built, cast, constructed, crafted, created, custom, custom-built, custom-made, extracted, fabricated, fashioned, forged, formed, gathered, grown, handcrafted, handmade, harvested, homemade, homespun, machine-made, machined, made, made to order, man-made, manufactured, milled, molded, prefab, prefabricated, processed, put together, raised, ready-for-wear, ready-formed, ready-made, ready-prepared, ready-to-wear, refined, shaped, smelted, well-built, well-constructed, well-made
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