The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth. / (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines. / (military) The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).

present participle of mine

The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree. / (art) Characterised by the use of simple form or structures. / (music) Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.

Something very small; a tiny part or fragment.

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

A light gray or white fur used to trim the robes of judges or state executives, also used in medieval times.

Alternative letter-case form of prime minister

A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups. / (South Africa) A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi. / (historical) A small four-wheeled carriage.

(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce. / (transitive) To relegate or assign (something) to a less insignificant status; diminish.

(phonology) A pair of words differing by a few (but more than one) phonetic segments or suprasegments, used to suggest a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme may be valid.