mine vs us

mine

pron
  • Used predicatively. 

  • Used absolutely, set off from the sentence. 

  • Used substantively, with an implied noun. 

  • Used otherwise not directly before the possessed noun. 

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. 

noun
  • Any source of wealth or resources. 

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

  • 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. 

us

pron
  • Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we. 

  • Me. 

  • Our. 

  • Me (in all contexts). 

det
  • The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person. 

How often have the words mine and us occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )