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1 miner
miner [mine]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verba. ( = garnir d'explosifs) to mineb. ( = ronger) [+ falaise, fondations] to erode ; [+ société, autorité, santé] to undermine* * *mine1) ( affaiblir) to sap [moral, énergie]; to undermine [santé, gouvernement]cela me mine — it's wearing me down; ( plus fort) it's eating me alive
2) Armée to minele terrain est miné — lit the ground is mined; fig it's a minefield
* * *mine vt1) (= saper) to undermine, to erode2) MILITAIRE to mine* * *miner verb table: aimer vtr1 ( affaiblir) to sap [moral, énergie]; to undermine [santé, confiance en soi, gouvernement, parti]; cela me mine it's wearing me down; ( plus fort) it's eating me alive; miné par les soucis worn down by anxiety; pays miné par la corruption country undermined by corruption;2 ( creuser sous) to wear away [bâtiment, talus];3 Mil to mine; le terrain est miné lit the ground is mined; fig it's a minefield; avancer en terrain miné fig to enter a minefield.[mine] verbe transitif1. [poser des mines] to mine‘danger! zone minée’ ‘beware of mines’miner les forces/la santé de quelqu'un to sap somebody's strength/healthminé par le chagrin consumed with ou worn down by grief
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