Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - quarry
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Quarry
quarry
~1 n 1 a place where large amounts of stone, sand etc are dug out of the ground (a slate quarry) (- compare mine2 (1)) 2 the person or animal that you are hunting or chasing (The police saw the empty room and knew their quarry had escaped.) ~2 v to dig out stone, sand etc from a quarry + from (It was built with stones quarried from Portland.)
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(quarries, quarrying, quarried) 1. A quarry is an area that is dug out from a piece of land or the side of a mountain in order to get stone or minerals. ...an old limestone quarry. N-COUNT 2. When stone or minerals are quarried or when an area is quarried for them, they are removed from the area by digging, drilling, or using explosives. The large limestone caves are also quarried for cement. ...locally quarried stone. VERB: be V-ed, V-ed • quarrying Farming, quarrying and other local industries have declined. N-UNCOUNT 3. A person’s or animal’s quarry is the person or animal that they are hunting. N-SING ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural quarries) Etymology: Middle English quirre, querre entrails of game given to the hounds, from Anglo-French cureie, quereie, from quir, cuir skin, hide (on which the entrails were placed), from Latin corium — more at cuirass Date: 14th century 1. obsolete a heap of the game killed in a hunt 2. game; specifically game hunted with hawks 3. one that is sought or pursued ; prey II. noun (plural quarries) Etymology: Middle English quarey, alteration of quarrere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Late Latin quadrus hewn (literally, squared) stone, from Latin quadrum square Date: 14th century 1. an open excavation usually for obtaining building stone, slate, or limestone 2. a rich source III. verb (quarried; ~ing) Date: 1774 transitive verb 1. to dig or take from or as if from a ~ ~ marble 2. to make a ~ in ~ a hill intransitive verb to delve in or as if in a ~ IV. noun (plural quarries) Etymology: alteration of 1quarrel Date: 1555 a diamond-shaped pane of glass, stone, or tile ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. 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. Etymology: ME f. med.L quare(r)ia f. OF quarriere f. L quadrum square 2. n. (pl. -ies) 1 the object of pursuit by a bird of prey, hounds, hunters, etc. 2 an intended victim or prey. Etymology: ME f. AF f. OF cuiree, couree (assim. to cuir leather and curer disembowel) ult. f. L cor heart: orig. = parts of deer placed on hide and given to hounds 3. n. (pl. -ies) 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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) карьер, открытая выработка разрабатывать (полезные ископаемые) открытым способом; разрабатывать карьер 2) каменоломня добывать камень в каменоломне 3) подземная выработка для добычи закладочного материала 4) ромбовидное стекло в витраже 5) керамическая плитка - aggegate quarry - alabaster quarry - ballast quarry - building-stone quarry - dimension-stone quarry - lime quarry - rock quarry - sand quarry - single-face quarry - stone quarry ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. карьер, открытая выработка stone quarry —- каменоломня 2. источник (информации, сведений и т. п.) quarry for citations —- источник цитат 3. разрабатывать карьер; добывать (камень из карьера) to quarry limestone —- добывать известняк 4. рыться (в книгах и т. п.); выискивать (что-л.) to quarry in old manuscripts —- рыться в старых рукописях to quarry treasures from old books —- выискивать ценные сведения в старых книгах 5. добыча, дичь, преследуемый зверь 6. намеченная жертва 7. преследовать или убивать дичь 8. уст. бросаться на добычу 9. уст. кормиться добычей ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun 1) каменоломня, открытая разработка, карьер 2) источник сведений 2. v. 1) разрабатывать карьер, добывать (камень из карьера) 2) рыться (в книгах и т.п.); выискивать факты, информацию (for) II noun 1) добыча; преследуемый зверь 2) намеченная жертва ...Англо-русский словарь
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