'Quarry' definitions:
Definition of 'quarry'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: prey, quarry, target, fair game]
noun
A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" [syn: pit, quarry, stone pit]
noun
Animal hunted or caught for food [syn: prey, quarry]
verb
Extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"
Definition of 'Quarry'
From: GCIDE
- Quarry \Quar"ry\, v. i. To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quarry'
From: GCIDE
- Quarry \Quar"ry\, n. [OE. quarrere, OF. quariere, F. carri[`e]re, 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]
Definition of 'Quarry'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Quarry'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Quarry'
From: GCIDE
- Quarry \Quar"ry\, a. [OF. quarr['e].] Quadrate; square. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quarry'
From: GCIDE
- Quarry \Quar"ry\, n.; pl. Quarries. [OE. querre, OF. cuiri['e]e, F. cur['e]e, fr. cuir hide, leather, fr. L. corium; the quarry given to the dogs being wrapped in the akin of the beast. See Cuirass.] 1. (a) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds. (b) A heap of game killed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks. "The stone-dead quarry." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- The wily quarry shunned the shock. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quarry'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysm,
- abyss,
- aim,
- avulse,
- bank,
- beasts of venery,
- big game,
- bonanza,
- bore,
- burrow,
- butt,
- by-end,
- by-purpose,
- chase,
- chasm,
- coal mine,
- colliery,
- cornucopia,
- cut out,
- delve,
- deracinate,
- destination,
- dig,
- dig out,
- dig up,
- diggings,
- dike,
- disentangle,
- draw,
- draw out,
- dredge,
- dredge up,
- drill,
- drive,
- end,
- end in view,
- eradicate,
- evolve,
- evulse,
- excavate,
- excavation,
- excise,
- exsect,
- extract,
- extricate,
- final cause,
- font,
- fount,
- fountain,
- fountainhead,
- furrow,
- game,
- get,
- get out,
- goal,
- gold mine,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- groove,
- grub,
- grub up,
- gulf,
- headspring,
- headstream,
- headwater,
- kill,
- lode,
- lower,
- mainspring,
- mark,
- mine,
- object,
- object in mind,
- objective,
- obtain,
- open cut,
- opencast,
- pan,
- pan for gold,
- pick out,
- pit,
- pluck out,
- pluck up,
- prey,
- prize,
- prospect,
- pull,
- pull out,
- pull up,
- pursuit,
- quintain,
- rake out,
- reason for being,
- remove,
- resource,
- rip out,
- riverhead,
- root out,
- root up,
- sap,
- scoop,
- scoop out,
- scrabble,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- shaft,
- shovel,
- sink,
- source,
- source of supply,
- spade,
- spring,
- springhead,
- staple,
- take out,
- target,
- tear out,
- teleology,
- the hunted,
- trench,
- trough,
- tunnel,
- ultimate aim,
- unearth,
- unravel,
- uproot,
- vein,
- venery,
- victim,
- weed out,
- well,
- wellhead,
- wellspring,
- withdraw,
- workings,
- wrest out