<B>mind-bending, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>causing hallucinations; hallucinogenic. <BR> <I>Ex. a mind-bending admixture of hemp and the inner bark of dogwood (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>distorting the perception; causing mental stupor or derangement. <BR> <I>Ex. Already "mind-bending" gases for military purposes are said to be at an advanced stage of development (New Scientist).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>boggling the mind. </DL>
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<B>mind-blow, </B>transitive verb, <B>-blew,</B> <B>-blown,</B> <B>-blowing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) to blow the mind of; excite, stir, or shock. <BR> <I>Ex. It can mind-blow a long-haired GI to know he'll have to live straighter to survive in Sweden than in the Army or in America (Listener).</I> </DL>
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<B>mind blower,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a hallucinogenic drug. <DD><B> 2. </B>a user of drugs, especially hallucinogenic drugs. <DD><B> 3. </B>a mind-blowing experience. </DL>
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<B>mind-blowing, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>hallucinogenic. <DD><B> 2. </B>exciting, stirring, or shocking to an extreme degree. <DD><I>noun </I> the act of blowing one's mind. </DL>
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<B>mind-boggling, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> causing the mind to boggle; overwhelming. <BR> <I>Ex. mind-boggling calculations in enormous sums.</I> </DL>
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<B>minded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a certain kind of mind. <BR> <I>Ex. high-minded, strong-minded.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>inclined; disposed. <BR> <I>Ex. She was minded to argue with the teacher about her mark. Come a little early, if you are so minded.</I> noun <B>mindedness.</B> </DL>
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<B>Mindel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) the second glaciation of the Pleistocene in Europe. </DL>
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<B>minder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person whose business is to mind or attend to something. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British.) a child, especially an orphan or one whose parents are unable to support him, who is committed to a special school or home. </DL>
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<B>mind-expander, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mind-expanding or hallucinogenic drug. </DL>
<A NAME="mindexpanding">
<B>mind-expanding, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> intensifying and distorting perception; psychedelic. <BR> <I>Ex. A Buffalo scientist reported ... evidence ... that the "mind-expanding" drug LSD might be damaging the users' chromosomes (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>mindful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having in mind; heedful (of); thinking; being aware. <BR> <I>Ex. Mindful of your advice, I went slowly. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? (Psalms 8:4).</I> (SYN) aware, cognizant. <DD><B> 2. </B>taking thought; careful (of). <BR> <I>Ex. We had to be mindful of every step we took on the slippery sidewalk.</I> (SYN) attentive. adv. <B>mindfully.</B> noun <B>mindfulness.</B> </DL>
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<B>mindless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without mind or intelligence. <BR> <I>Ex. the shrieking of the mindless wind (John Greenleaf Whittier).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not taking thought; forgetful; careless. <BR> <I>Ex. Cursed Athens, mindless of thy worth, Forgetting thy great deeds (Shakespeare).</I> adv. <B>mindlessly.</B> noun <B>mindlessness.</B> </DL>
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<B>mind map,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a chart or diagram made to organize plans, ideas, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. Mind maps can be used for almost anything--from planning the day, to taking notes, to organizing a presentation or simply exploring one's own thoughts (PC Week).</I> </DL>
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<B>mind reader,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who can guess the thoughts of others. </DL>
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<B>mind reading,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the ability or act of guessing the thoughts of others. <BR> <I>Ex. It is quite legitimate for a scientist to investigate whether such phenomena as ... mind reading or divination ... do exist (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> adj. <B>mind-reading.</B> </DL>
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<B>mind-set, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> frame of mind; mental or intellectual climate. <BR> <I>Ex. Whatever the explanation, the national mind-set in Sweden clearly makes major reform easier than it is in most countries (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
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<B>mind's eye,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> mental view of vision; imagination. <BR> <I>Ex. And now crossing my mind's eye were the visions that had gone with the name (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>mine</B> (1), pronoun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>pron. </I> (Possessive form of) <B>I.</B> <B>1. </B>belonging to me. <BR> <I>Ex. This book is mine. Such as you were, I took you for mine (Robert Browning).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the one or ones belonging to me. <BR> <I>Ex. Your shoes are black, mine are brown. Please lend me your pen; I have lost mine.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>those who are mine, especially my family or kindred. <BR> <I>Ex. me and mine.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> (Archaic.) my (used only before a vowel or <I>h,</I> or after a noun). <BR> <I>Ex. mine own, mine heart, mine eyes, sister mine.</I> </DL>
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<B>mine</B> (2), noun, verb, <B>mined,</B> <B>mining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a large hole or space dug in the earth to get out ores, precious stones, coal, salt, or anything valuable. <BR> <I>Ex. a gold mine, a coal mine.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a deposit of mineral or ore, either under the ground or at its surface. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a rich or plentiful source. <BR> <I>Ex. The book proved to be a mine of information about radio.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>an underground passage in which an explosive is placed to blow up the enemy's entrenchment, forts, or the like. <DD><B> 5. </B>an explosive device put under water, laid on the ground, or shallowly buried to blow up enemy troops or equipment. An underwater mine can be exploded by the vibrations of a ship's propeller, by changes in water pressure, or by magnetic attraction. A land mine is exploded by contact with a vehicle or person, by remote control or by a time fuse. <DD><B> 6. </B>a kind of firework, consisting of a series of separate charges that scatter high in the air and explode simultaneously or in sequence. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make a hole or space in the earth in order to get out ores, coal, or anything valuable; dig a mine; get ores, coal, or anything valuable from a mine. <BR> <I>Ex. to mine for gold. The government controls mining in that area.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to work in a mine. <BR> <I>Ex. He retired after mining for forty years.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to make a passage, hole, or space, below the surface of the earth; dig or lay explosive mines. <BR> <I>Ex. The ships mined along the entrance to the harbor.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to get from a mine. <BR> <I>Ex. to mine coal, to mine gold.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to dig into for ores, precious stones, coal, salt, or other minerals. <BR> <I>Ex. to mine the earth.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to dig in; make (passages) by digging or burrowing. <DD><B> 4. </B>to lay explosive mines in or under. <BR> <I>Ex. to mine the mouth of a harbor.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) to destroy secretly; ruin slowly; undermine. <BR><I>expr. <B>go down the mine,</B> </I>(Surfing Slang.) to miss the proper take-off point in a wave and be thrown in front of the wave. <BR> <I>Ex. His board hit him when he went down the mine.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>spring a mine,</B> </I>to cause the gunpowder or other explosive in a mine to explode. <BR> <I>Ex. Be prepared to spring the mines in these bridges if the enemy should advance (Duke of Wellington).</I> </DL>
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<B>mineable, </B>adjective. =minable.</DL>
<A NAME="minedetector">
<B>mine detector,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an electromagnetic device used to locate explosive mines, primarily those placed underground in wartime. </DL>
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<B>minefield, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Military.) <DD><B> 1. </B>an area throughout which explosive mines have been laid. <DD><B> 2. </B>the pattern or arrangement of mines in an area. </DL>
<A NAME="minehunter">
<B>minehunter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a ship equipped to locate explosive mines. </DL>
<A NAME="minelayer">
<B>minelayer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a surface vessel or submarine designed or equipped for laying underwater mines. </DL>
<A NAME="miner">
<B>miner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>one who works in a mine. <BR> <I>Ex. a coal miner. (Figurative.) ... the mole, the miner of the soil (William Cowper).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a soldier who digs to lay mines; sapper. <DD><B> 3. </B>a machine used for mining. <DD><B> 4. </B>an insect that, in the larval stage, lives between the surfaces of a leaf; leaf miner. </DL>
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<B>mineral, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a substance obtained by mining or digging in the earth. <BR> <I>Ex. Coal, quartz, feldspar, mica, and asphalt are minerals. It is easier to identify minerals than rocks, because minerals have certain definite properties that we can more or less accurately determine (Frederick H. Pough).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>an inorganic substance found in nature, of uniform constituents in regular crystalline form. <BR> <I>Ex. Coal is not a true mineral, diamond is.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Mining.) an ore. <DD><B> 3. </B>any substance neither plant nor animal. Salt and sand are minerals. <DD><B> 4. </B>(British.) mineral water. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of minerals. <DD><B> 2. </B>like a mineral or minerals. <DD><B> 3. </B>containing minerals. <BR> <I>Ex. mineral water.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>neither animal nor vegetable; inorganic. <BR><I>expr. <B>minerals,</B> </I>(British.) mineral waters; soft drinks. <BR> <I>Ex. There will be ... supper with ale and minerals at Osborne's Hotel (Glasgow Herald).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mineralcotton">
<B>mineral cotton,</B> =mineral wool.</DL>
<A NAME="mineraldressing">
<B>mineral dressing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an initial process in the refining of an ore, in which the ore is crushed and ground into tiny particles which are, by flotation or some other process, then separated into mineral concentrates and waste materials. </DL>
<A NAME="mineralfuel">
<B>mineral fuel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> coal, petroleum, or gas. </DL>
<A NAME="mineralhammer">
<B>mineral hammer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hammer that has both square and pointed ends for pounding and loosening mineral specimens embedded in solid rock. </DL>
