MINES Synonyms

• a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)

• similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored

• systematic training by multiple repetitions

• (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms

• make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

• train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons

• learn by repetition

• teach by repetition

• undergo military training or do military exercises

• recover through digging

• find by digging in the ground

• form by hollowing

• remove the inner part or the core of

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

• a passage selected from a larger work

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• get despite difficulties or obstacles

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• extract by the process of distillation

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• calculate the root of a number

• a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

• a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

• animal hunted or caught for food

• extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry

• a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)

• a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter

• move through by or as by digging

• force a way through