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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun quarry has 3 senses
- quarry(n = noun.person) fair game, prey, target - a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt" is a kind of victim
- quarry(n = noun.artifact) pit, stone pit - a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" has particulars: chalk pit, chalkpit, gravel pit
- quarry(n = noun.animal) prey - animal hunted or caught for food; is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
is a kind of excavation
Derived form verb quarry1
Verb quarry has 1 sense
- quarry(v = verb.consumption) - extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble" is one way to exploit, tap
Derived forms noun quarrier1, noun quarry2, noun quarrying1
Sample sentences:
The men quarry the area for animals
The men quarry for animals in the area
CIDE DICTIONARY
quarry, n. [OE. quarre, OF. quarré square, F. carré, from L. quadratus square, quadrate, quadratum a square. See Quadrate, and cf. Quarrel an arrow.].
Same as 1st Quarrel. Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
quarry, a. [OF. quarré.].
Quadrate; square. [1913 Webster]
quarry, n. [OE. querre, OF. cuiriée, F. curée, fr. cuir hide, leather, fr. L. corium; the quarry given to the dogs being wrapped in the akin of the beast. See Cuirass.].
- A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds. [1913 Webster]
- The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks. Spenser. [1913 Webster]"The wily quarry shunned the shock." [1913 Webster]
quarry, v. i.
To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
quarry, n. [OE. quarrere, OF. quariere, F. carrière, LL. quadraria a quarry, whence squared (quadrati) stones are dug, fr. quadratus square. See Quadrate.].
A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a) . [1913 Webster]
quarry, v. t.
To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quarry, n. & v.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 an excavation made by taking stone etc. for building etc. from its bed.
2 a place from which stone etc. may be extracted.
3 a source of information, knowledge, etc.
--v. (-ies, -ied)
1 tr. extract (stone) from a quarry.
2 tr. extract (facts etc.) laboriously from books etc.
3 intr. laboriously search documents etc.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 an excavation made by taking stone etc. for building etc. from its bed.
2 a place from which stone etc. may be extracted.
3 a source of information, knowledge, etc.
--v. (-ies, -ied)
1 tr. extract (stone) from a quarry.
2 tr. extract (facts etc.) laboriously from books etc.
3 intr. laboriously search documents etc.
quarry, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the object of pursuit by a bird of prey, hounds, hunters, etc.
2 an intended victim or prey.
1 the object of pursuit by a bird of prey, hounds, hunters, etc.
2 an intended victim or prey.
quarry, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows.
2 (in full quarry tile) an unglazed floor-tile.
1 a diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows.
2 (in full quarry tile) an unglazed floor-tile.
Etymology
a later form of QUARREL(2) in the same sense