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minar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mine pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
  • undermine verb To weaken support or confidence gradually, often secretly.

Senses

minar is used for these senses in English:

  • mine To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
  • undermine To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. [from 14th c.]

mine — full definition

  1. pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
  2. det My — an older or more formal possessive form used before a vowel sound or in set phrases.
  3. noun An underground excavation dug to extract ore, coal, or other minerals.
  4. noun An explosive device buried in the ground or hidden in water, designed to detonate when disturbed.
  5. noun A computer or network of computers used to generate new units of a cryptocurrency.

undermine — full definition

  1. verb To weaken support or confidence gradually, often secretly.
  2. verb To wear away the base or foundation of something physically, such as by water or digging.

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