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min·ing
(mī′nĭng)n.
1. The process or business of extracting ore or minerals from the ground.
2.
a. The process of digging under an enemy emplacement or fortification to destroy it by explosives, cause it to collapse, or gain access to it for an attack.
b. The process of laying explosive mines.
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mining
(ˈmaɪnɪŋ)n
1. (Mining & Quarrying) the act, process, or industry of extracting coal, ores, etc, from the earth
2. (Military) military the process of laying mines
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min•ing
(ˈmaɪ nɪŋ)n.
the act, process, or industry of extracting mineral substances from mines.
[1770–80]
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| Noun | 1. |  mining - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earthproduction - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" placer mining - mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging opencast mining, strip mining - the mining of ore or coal from an open mine bore-hole, drill hole, bore - a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes heading, drift, gallery - a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" rag - break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore" hush - run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals hush - wash by removing particles; "Wash ores" mine - get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals" drive - excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel" extract - separate (a metal) from an ore |
| 2. |  mining - laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipmentdefense, defensive measure, defence - (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program" |
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Translations
تَعْدِينُتَعْدين، إسْتِخراج المعادِن
dolováníhornictví
minedrift
kaivostyölouhia
rudarstvo
bányaiparbányászat
námugröftur
鉱業
채광
baníctvo
gruvdrift
การทำเหมือง
ngành mỏ
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mining
n
(Mil) (of area) → Verminen nt; (of ship) → Befestigung f → einer Mine (→ of an +dat); (= blowing-up) → Sprengung f → (mit einer Mine)
mining
:mining area
n → Bergbaugebiet nt, → Revier nt
mining disaster
n → Grubenunglück nt
mining industry
n → Bergbau m
mining town
n → Bergarbeiterstadt f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
mining
[ˈmaɪnɪŋ]1. n
a. → estrazione f mineraria, industria mineraria
b. (Mil, Naut) → posa di mine
2. adj (industry, engineer, area) → minerario/a; (community, family) → di minatori
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mine2
(main) noun1. a place (usually underground) from which metals, coal, salt etc are dug. a coalmine; My father worked in the mines.
2. a type of bomb used underwater or placed just beneath the surface of the ground. The ship has been blown up by a mine.
verb1. to dig (for metals etc) in a mine. Coal is mined near here.
2. to place explosive mines in. They've mined the mouth of the river.
3. to blow up with mines. His ship was mined.
ˈminer noun a person who works in a mine, in Britain usually a coalminer.
ˈmining nounˈminefield noun
an area of ground or water which is full of explosive mines.
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mining
→ تَعْدِينُ dolování minedrift Bergbau εξόρυξη minería kaivostyö exploitation minière rudarstvo industria mineraria 鉱業 채광 mijnbouw gruvedrift górnictwo mineração горная промышленность gruvdrift การทำเหมือง madencilik ngành mỏ 矿业Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009