(nonstandard) variation of mine, formed through analogy based on the final -s of the other possessive pronouns (ours, yours, hers, theirs, his)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mine

simple past tense and past participle of mine

An amount sufficient to fill a mine. / (figuratively) A large amount, particularly of something obtained through mining.

plural of mineful

(databases) A technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful.

the mining of gold-bearing quartz

present participle of strip-mine

Any of very many species of bee, of the genus Andrena, that nest in burrows

A form of mining that uses pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment.