"mining" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mining.wav [US] Forms: minings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪnɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mining (countable and uncountable, plural minings)
  1. The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (activity of removing solid valuables from the earth): mynbou (Afrikaans), تعدين (Arabic), արդյունահանում (ardyunahanum) (Armenian), հանքային գործ (hankʿayin gorc) (Armenian), հանքարդյունաբերություն (hankʿardyunaberutʿyun) (Armenian), разработване на мина (razrabotvane na mina) (Bulgarian), mineria [feminine] (Catalan), 採礦 (Chinese Mandarin), 采矿 (cǎikuǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 礦業 (Chinese Mandarin), 矿业 (kuàngyè) (Chinese Mandarin), hornictví [neuter] (Czech), těžba [feminine] (Czech), minedrift [common-gender] (Danish), kaivostoiminta (Finnish), louhiminen (Finnish), louhinta (Finnish), extraction minière (French), exploitation minière [feminine] (French), minería [feminine] (Galician), Bergbau [masculine] (German), όρυξη (óryxi) [feminine] (Greek), εξόρυξη (exóryxi) [feminine] (Greek), ખાણકામ (khāṇkām) (Gujarati), pertambangan (Indonesian), mianadóireacht [feminine] (Irish), estrazione [feminine] (Italian), 採鉱 (saikō) (alt: さいこう) (Japanese), 鉱業 (kōgyō) (alt: こうぎょう) (Japanese), 광업 (gwang'eop) (Korean), рударство (rudarstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), perlombongan (Malay), ഖനനം (khananaṁ) (Malayalam), mahi huke (Maori), уурхай (uurxaj) (Mongolian), górnictwo [neuter] (Polish), mineração [feminine] (Portuguese), добы́ча (dobýča) [feminine] (Russian), го́рное де́ло (górnoje délo) [neuter] (Russian), rudarstvo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), baníctvo [neuter] (Slovak), minería [feminine] (Spanish), brytning [common-gender] (Swedish), gruvdrift [common-gender] (Swedish), гірни́цтво (hirnýctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), гірни́ча спра́ва (hirnýča správa) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-mining-en-noun-en:activity_of_removing_solid_valuables_from_the_earth Disambiguation of 'activity of removing solid valuables from the earth': 86 5 5 5
  2. (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (figuratively): louhinta (Finnish), etsintä (Finnish), добы́ча (dobýča) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mining-en-noun-WbPQagoH Disambiguation of 'figuratively': 6 72 3 19
  3. (military) The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military Translations (military): миниране (minirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), miinoitus (Finnish), ναρκοθέτηση (narkothétisi) [feminine] (Greek), минирање (miniranje) [neuter] (Macedonian), мини́рование (minírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), мінува́ння (minuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-mining-en-noun-ePUV2fk8 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'military': 0 0 100 0
  4. (cryptocurrencies) Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cryptocurrency Translations (creation of new units of cryptocurrency): 挖礦 (Chinese Mandarin), 挖矿 (wākuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), louhiminen (Finnish), louhinta (Finnish), ма́йнинг (májning) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mining-en-noun-5InLI71M Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance Disambiguation of 'creation of new units of cryptocurrency': 3 5 2 90
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Verb

IPA: /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mining.wav [US]
Rhymes: -aɪnɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} mining
  1. present participle and gerund of mine Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: mine Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-mining-en-verb-7hNBtSyS Disambiguation of Mining: 8 12 10 31 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 13 7 29 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 11 8 28 42

Inflected forms

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          "word": "採鉱"
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "word": "광업"
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          "roman": "rudarstvo",
          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
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          "word": "perlombongan"
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          "roman": "khananaṁ",
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          "word": "ഖനനം"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "mahi huke"
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "uurxaj",
          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
          "word": "уурхай"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "górnictwo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mineração"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 5 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dobýča",
          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "добы́ча"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "górnoje délo",
          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "го́рное де́ло"
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          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
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          "word": "rudarstvo"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "baníctvo"
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        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "minería"
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          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
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          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
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          "sense": "activity of removing solid valuables from the earth",
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          "word": "гірни́цтво"
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          "roman": "hirnýča správa",
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          "text": "His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable."
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          "ref": "1740, John Hawkesworth, The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Life of the Reverend Jonathan Swift [Introduction]",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "etsintä"
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "minirane",
          "sense": "military",
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          "word": "миниране"
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          "sense": "military",
          "word": "miinoitus"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "narkothétisi",
          "sense": "military",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ναρκοθέτηση"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "miniranje",
          "sense": "military",
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          "word": "минирање"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "minírovanije",
          "sense": "military",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "мини́рование"
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        {
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "narkothétisi",
      "sense": "military",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ναρκοθέτηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "miniranje",
      "sense": "military",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "минирање"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "minírovanije",
      "sense": "military",
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      "word": "мини́рование"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "minuvánnja",
      "sense": "military",
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      "word": "мінува́ння"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "creation of new units of cryptocurrency",
      "word": "挖礦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wākuàng",
      "sense": "creation of new units of cryptocurrency",
      "word": "挖矿"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "creation of new units of cryptocurrency",
      "word": "louhiminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "creation of new units of cryptocurrency",
      "word": "louhinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "májning",
      "sense": "creation of new units of cryptocurrency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́йнинг"
    }
  ],
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}

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