Meaning of mining | Babel Free

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1. The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth
2. The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.
   countable, uncountable
3. Any activity that extracts or undermines
4. Any activity that extracts or undermines.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
5. the act, process, or industry of extracting mineral substances from mines.
6. The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices)
7. The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).
   countable, uncountable
8. a person who works in a mine, in Britain usually a coalminer. myner, mynwerker عامِل في مَنْجَم فَحْم минъор mineiro horník der Bergmann minearbejder εργάτης ορυχείου minero kaevur کارگر معدن kaivostyöläinen mineur/-euse כורה खदान में काम करने वाला rudar bányász penambang námumaður minatore 鉱夫 광부 kalnakasys, šachtininkas kalnracis; ogļracis pelombong mijnwerkergruvearbeidergórnik كان كيندونكى mineiro miner шахтёр baník rudar rudar gruvarbetare คนงานเหมือง madenci 礦工 гірник; шахтар کان میں کام...
   usually
9. Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work
10. Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.
    countable, uncountable
11. mynbou تَعْدين، إسْتِخراج المعادِن разработване на мина mineração hornictví der Bergbau minedrift εξόρυξη, ναρκοθέτηση minería, explotación de minas kaevandamine حفر kaivostoiminta exploitation minièreכרייה खनन rudarenje bányászat, bányaipar pertambangan námugröftur industria mineraria 採鉱 광산업 kasyba, gavyba kalnrūpniecība melombong mijnbouw gruvedrift/-arbeid górnictwo كډى كول mineração exploatare minieră горное дело;минирование baníctvo rudarstvo rudarstvo gruvdrift, -arbete การทำเหมือง made...
12. present participle and gerund of mine
13. an area of ground or water which is full of explosive mines. mynveld حَقْل ألْغام минно поле campo minado minové pole das Minenfeld minefelt ναρκοπέδιο campo de minas miiniväli میدان مین miinakenttä champ de mines שְׂדֶה מוֹקשִׂים खदान minsko polje aknamező medan ranjau sprengjubelti campo minato 地［機］雷敷設区域 지뢰(기뢰) 부설 지역 minų laukas, užtvara mīnu lauks kawasan periuk api mijnenveld minefelt pole minowe ماين لرونكى ساحه campo de minas câmp mi­nat минное поле mínové pole minsko polje minsko polje...
14. The process or business of extracting ore or minerals from the ground.
15. 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.
16. (Mining & Quarrying) the act, process, or industry of extracting coal, ores, etc, from the earth
17. (Military) military the process of laying mines
    military
18. A. N1. → minería f, explotación f de minas
    N
19. B. CPD mining engineer N → ingeniero/a m/f de minasmining industry N → industria f mineramining town N → población f minera
    CPD

Equivalents

Examples

“gold mining”

“His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.”

“[…] the fabrick, however weak by the delicacy of its composition, would not have fallen so soon, if the foundation had not been injured by the slow minings of regret and vexation.”

“Kazakhstan became last year the world’s second-largest centre for bitcoin mining after the United States, according to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, after China clamped down on crypto mining activity.”

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