Synonymer

Uttal

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A site for mining stone, limestone or slate.
  2. An animal which is hunted, notably mammal or bird.
  3. A diamond-shaped tile or pane, notably of glass or stone
  4. A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds.
  5. An object of search or pursuit.

Verb

  1. (transitive) To obtain (mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
  2. To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.

Exempel

  • Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara
  • There was a good quarry of limestone on the farm [...]
  • Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.
  • They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.
  • A US State Department website advertised a reward of up to $1m (£500,000) for the capture of its quarry, who was described as 5ft 11in (180cm) tall, with a pale complexion, "a moustache and a long, heavy beard that is starting to grey". - BBC News website, 27 April 2007
  • He snuck up on his quarry, so as not to alert it. ("snuck" = past tense of "to sneak")
  • He was exhausted after working in the stone quarry all day.

Böjningsformer

Perfektparticipquarried
Imperfektquarried
Presensparticipquarrying
Pluralquarries
Tredje person singular indicativ presensquarries

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