quarry

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

quarriescurriecurry

1.
(mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.
2.
(obsolete, uncountable)A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.
3.
(uncountable)An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
4.
(countable)An object of search or pursuit.
5.
A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.

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verb

V_es/s

quarries

V_ing/Gerund

quarrying

V_ed/pp

quarriedcurrie

1.
(transitive)To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
2.
(figuratively, transitive)To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.
3.
To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

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delfdigdig upunearth mine mark prey target

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English quarere, from quarreria (1266), literally a “place where stones are squared”, from Old French quarrière (compare modern French carrière), from *quadraria, from Latin quadrō (to square), itself from quadra (a square), from quattuor (four), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (four).