QUARRY

Meaning of QUARRY in English

Function: verb

Inflected Form: quar · ried ; quar · ry · ing

Date: 1774

transitive verb

1 : to dig or take from or as if from a quarry < quarry marble>

2 : to make a quarry in < quarry a hill>

intransitive verb : to delve in or as if in a quarry

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

QUARRY — I. ˈkwȯrē, -wär-, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English querre, quirre part of the entrails of a beast …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUARRY — (v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
Английский словарь Webster
QUARRY — ( v. t. ) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUARRY — quarry 1 — quarriable, quarryable , adj. /kwawr"ee, kwor"ee/ , n. , pl. quarries , v. , quarried, quarrying . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUARRY — I. ˈkwȯr-ē, ˈkwär- noun ( plural quarries ) Etymology: Middle English quirre, querre entrails of game given to the hounds, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUARRY — adj quadrate; square. 2. quarry ·noun a heap of game killed. 3. quarry ·noun ·same·as 1st quarrel. 4. quarry ·vi …
Webster English vocab
QUARRY — [quar.ry] n, pl quarries [ME querre entrails of game given to the hounds, fr. MF cuiree, fr. cuir skin, hide …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUARRY — open excavation in the Earth's crust from which stone is obtained. Quarried stone is classed either as dimension stone, meaning …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUARRY — / ˈkwɒri; NAmE ˈkwɔːri; ˈkwɑːri/ noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C ] a place …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUARRY — I. quar ‧ ry 1 /ˈkwɒri $ ˈkwɔː-, ˈkwɑː-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural quarries ) [ Sense 1: Date: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUARRY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows. 2 (in full quarry tile) an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUARRY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 an excavation made by taking stone etc. for building etc. from its bed. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUARRY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows. 2 (in full quarry tile) an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUARRY — n. & v. n. (pl. -ies) 1 an excavation made by taking stone etc. for building etc. from its bed. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUARRY — 1. n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1. an excavation made by taking stone etc. for building etc. from its …
Oxford English vocab
QUARRY — ( quarries, quarrying, quarried) 1. A quarry is an area that is dug out from a piece of land or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUARRY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES quarry tile COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE disused ▪ They looked down into the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUARRY — (PERSON/ANIMAL) [noun] [C] - a person or animal being hunted or looked forThey pursued their quarry into an empty warehouse.
Cambridge English vocab
QUARRY — I. noun Quarry is used before these nouns: ↑ tile Quarry is used after these nouns: ↑ chalk , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
QUARRY — n. 1 mine, pit, excavation Only one quarry yielded the statuary marble needed by those sculptors v. 2 mine, extract, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
QUARRY — n. prey, game, prize, object The hunter's dogs had run their quarry to ground Wealthy widows were regarded as fair …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
QUARRY — I 1. сущ. 1) каменоломня, открытая разработка, карьер to work a quarry ≈ разработать карьер abandoned quarry ≈ заброшенный карьер …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUARRY — quarry.ogg _I 1. ʹkwɒrı n 1> карьер, открытая выработка stone quarry - каменоломня 2> источник ( информации, сведений и т. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
QUARRY — 1) карьер, открытая выработка || разрабатывать ( полезные ископаемые ) открытым способом; разрабатывать карьер 2) каменоломня || добывать камень в …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
QUARRY — 1) карьер, открытая выработка || разрабатывать (полезные ископаемые) открытым способом; разрабатывать карьер 2) каменоломня || добывать камень в каменоломне 3) подземная выработка …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
QUARRY — карьер, каменоломня - quarry dynamite - quarry equipment - quarry stone
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
QUARRY — _I 1. ʹkwɒrı n 1) карьер, открытая выработка stone quarry - каменоломня 2> источник ( информации, сведений и т. п. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
QUARRY — I ˈkwɔrɪ 1. сущ. 1) каменоломня, открытая разработка, карьер to work a quarry — разработать карьер abandoned quarry — заброшенный …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
QUARRY — I ['°¦€ЇЎ] quarry.wav 1. сущ. 1) каменоломня, открытая разработка, карьер to work a quarry — разработать карьер abandoned quarry — заброшенный карьер marble quarry — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
QUARRY — 1) каменный карьер, каменоломня, открытая выработка; разнос 2) добывать камень из карьера; разрабатывать карьер • - alabaster quarry - ballast quarry - building-stone quarry - dimension-stone …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
QUARRY — I 1. сущ. 1) каменоломня, открытая разработка, карьер to work a quarry ≈ разработать карьер abandoned quarry ≈ заброшенный карьер …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUARRY — petriera; (hunting) preda. ~MAN: petrero; v. minar, exeavar; fracter
English interlingue dictionary
QUARRY — I. noun (plural quarries) see: cuirass Date: 14th century a heap of the game killed in a hunt, game , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUARRY — (n.) A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, …
Английский словарь Webster
QUARRY — (v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
Английский словарь Webster
QUARRY — (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.
Английский словарь Webster
QUARRY — (n.) A heap of game killed.
Английский словарь Webster
QUARRY — (n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.
Английский словарь Webster
QUARRY — (a.) Quadrate; square.
Английский словарь Webster
QUARRY — (n.) Same as 1st Quarrel.
Английский словарь Webster
QUARRY — ( v. i. ) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUARRY — ( n. ) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUARRY — ( n. ) Same as 1st Quarrel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUARRY — ( n. ) A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUARRY — ( n. ) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUARRY — ( n. ) A heap of game killed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUARRY — ( a. ) Quadrate; square.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUARRY — v. hew, chisel; dig, excavate, mine; look for, seek
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
QUARRY — n. pit where stone is mined; game, animals which are hunted; prey, victim; thing which is chased, object of a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
QUARRY — n. Function: noun Inflected Form: plural quarries Etymology: alteration of 1 quarrel Date: 1555 : a diamond-shaped pane of glass, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
QUARRY — n. Function: noun Inflected Form: plural quarries Etymology: Middle English quarey, alteration of quarrere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
QUARRY — n. Pronunciation: ' kwo ̇ r- ē , ' kwär- Function: noun Inflected Form: plural quarries Etymology: Middle English quirre, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
QUARRY — ~ 1 ■ noun ( plural quarries ) a place, typically a large pit, from which stone or other materials …
Concise Oxford English vocab
QUARRY — quarr|y, Q~ BrE AmE ˈkwɒr |i AmE ˈkwɑːr |i ˈkwɔːr- ▷ quarr|ied id ▷ quarr|ies iz ▷ quarr|ying i ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUARRY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 the object of pursuit by a bird of prey, hounds, hunters, etc. 2 an intended victim …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUARRY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 the object of pursuit by a bird of prey, hounds, hunters, etc. 2 an intended victim …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUARRY — (quarries, ~ing, quarried) 1. A ~ is an area that is dug out from a piece of land or the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
QUARRY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUARRY — n. Function: verb Synonyms: MINE , delve
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
QUARRY — n. Function: noun Synonyms: GAME 3, chase, prey
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
QUARRY — n. 1. Stone-pit, stone-bed. 2. Prey ( especially that of the hunting falcon ), game, object of the chase. 3. …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
QUARRY — I. noun Synonyms: game 3, chase, prey II. verb Synonyms: mine , delve
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUARRY — I. noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
QUARRY — n. 25B6; noun PREY, victim; object, goal, target; kill, game.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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