fountain vs mine

fountain

noun
  • A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 

  • An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. 

  • A natural source of water; a spring. 

  • A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. 

  • A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). 

  • A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 

  • A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. 

  • Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. 

  • The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. 

  • A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. 

  • A soda fountain. 

verb
  • To flow or gush as if from a fountain. 

mine

noun
  • A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward. 

  • Any source of wealth or resources. 

  • A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives. 

  • The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf. 

  • An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels. 

  • A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person. 

  • A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency. 

verb
  • To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area). 

  • To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine. 

  • To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth. 

  • To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations. 

  • To pick one's nose. 

  • To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device). 

  • To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means. 

  • To dig into, for ore or metal. 

  • To remove (rock or ore) from the ground. 

pron
  • Used absolutely, set off from the sentence. 

  • Used predicatively. 

  • Used substantively, with an implied noun. 

  • Used otherwise not directly before the possessed noun. 

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