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Question: Plied a pickax
Solution: MINED
MINED Definition 1:
To dig a mine in order to find and take away coal, gold, diamonds, etc.
Examples:
The area was soon filled with prospectors who were mining for gold.
Prospectors mined the region for diamonds.
MINED Definition 2:
To find and take away (coal, gold, diamonds, etc.) from a mine .
Examples:
Local people were hired to mine the gold.
MINED Definition 3:
To search for something valuable in (something)
Examples:
Police have been mining the tapes for information. [=they have been listening to the tapes in order to get information from them]
MINED Definition 4:
To put mines (sense 2) in or under (something) .
Examples:
The enemy had mined the harbor.
The road was mined.
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