Meaning of "quarry" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUARRY

From Old French quarriere, from quarre (unattested) square-shaped stone, from Latin quadrāre to make square.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF QUARRY

quarry  [ˈkwɒrɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUARRY

Quarry is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb quarry in English.

WHAT DOES QUARRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Quarry

A quarry is a place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate has been excavated from the ground. A quarry is the same thing as an open-pit mine from which minerals are extracted. The only trivial difference between the two is that open-pit mines that produce building materials and dimension stone are commonly referred to as quarries. The word quarry can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.

Definition of quarry in the English dictionary

The first definition of quarry in the dictionary is an open surface excavation for the extraction of building stone, slate, marble, etc, by drilling, blasting, or cutting. Other definition of quarry is a copious source of something, esp information. Quarry is also to extract from or as if from a quarry.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO QUARRY

PRESENT

Present

I quarry

you quarry

he/she/it quarries

we quarry

you quarry

they quarry

Present continuous

I am quarrying

you are quarrying

he/she/it is quarrying

we are quarrying

you are quarrying

they are quarrying

Present perfect

I have quarried

you have quarried

he/she/it has quarried

we have quarried

you have quarried

they have quarried

Present perfect continuous

I have been quarrying

you have been quarrying

he/she/it has been quarrying

we have been quarrying

you have been quarrying

they have been quarrying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I quarried

you quarried

he/she/it quarried

we quarried

you quarried

they quarried

Past continuous

I was quarrying

you were quarrying

he/she/it was quarrying

we were quarrying

you were quarrying

they were quarrying

Past perfect

I had quarried

you had quarried

he/she/it had quarried

we had quarried

you had quarried

they had quarried

Past perfect continuous

I had been quarrying

you had been quarrying

he/she/it had been quarrying

we had been quarrying

you had been quarrying

they had been quarrying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will quarry

you will quarry

he/she/it will quarry

we will quarry

you will quarry

they will quarry

Future continuous

I will be quarrying

you will be quarrying

he/she/it will be quarrying

we will be quarrying

you will be quarrying

they will be quarrying

Future perfect

I will have quarried

you will have quarried

he/she/it will have quarried

we will have quarried

you will have quarried

they will have quarried

Future perfect continuous

I will have been quarrying

you will have been quarrying

he/she/it will have been quarrying

we will have been quarrying

you will have been quarrying

they will have been quarrying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would quarry

you would quarry

he/she/it would quarry

we would quarry

you would quarry

they would quarry

Conditional continuous

I would be quarrying

you would be quarrying

he/she/it would be quarrying

we would be quarrying

you would be quarrying

they would be quarrying

Conditional perfect

I would have quarry

you would have quarry

he/she/it would have quarry

we would have quarry

you would have quarry

they would have quarry

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been quarrying

you would have been quarrying

he/she/it would have been quarrying

we would have been quarrying

you would have been quarrying

they would have been quarrying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you quarry
we let´s quarry
you quarry

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to quarry

Past participle

quarried

Present Participle

quarrying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «QUARRY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «quarry» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of quarry

aim · excavate · game · goal · mine · objective · prey · prize · victim

TRANSLATION OF QUARRY

Find out the translation of quarry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of quarry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quarry» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 采石场
• Translator English - Spanish: cantera
• English: quarry
• Translator English - Hindi: खदान
• Translator English - Arabic: مَحْجَر
• Translator English - Russian: карьер
• Translator English - Portuguese: pedreira
• Translator English - Bengali: আকর
• Translator English - French: carrière
• Translator English - Malay: Kuari
• Translator English - German: Steinbruch
• Translator English - Japanese: 採石場
• Translator English - Korean: 채석장
• Translator English - Javanese: Tambang
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mỏ đá
• Translator English - Tamil: குவாரி
• Translator English - Marathi: उत्खनन
• Translator English - Turkish: taş ocağı
• Translator English - Italian: cava
• Translator English - Polish: łup
• Translator English - Ukrainian: кар´єр
• Translator English - Romanian: carieră
• Translator English - Greek: λατομείο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gruisgat
• Translator English - Swedish: stenbrott
• Translator English - Norwegian: steinbrudd

7 QUOTES WITH «QUARRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word quarry.

1

Marc Bloch

The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies.

2

Charles Bronson

I guess I look like a rock quarry that someone has dynamited.

3

Charles Bronson

I look like a quarry someone has dynamited.

4

M. John Harrison

I've never been to the Himalayas, and I'm not really interested in them. I'm more interested in a dirty old quarry in Lancashire, and by god, they can be dirty.

5

P. J. Harvey

My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.

6

Nell Newman

I spent my whole life avoiding the public eye. At these food shows, I'm open quarry again.

7

Robert Smithson

From the top of the quarry cliffs, one could see the New Jersey suburbs bordered by the New York City skyline.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUARRY»

Discover the use of quarry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quarry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Quarry

Fast-paced, gripping and savagely funny, The Quarry is a virtuoso performance whose soaring riffs on the inexhaustible marvel of human perception and rage against the dying of the light will stand among Iain Banks' greatest work.

Iain M. Banks, 2013

Quarry

When a collection of pornographic videos whose "stars" are actually the victims of a murderer's depravity is found in a secluded Rocky Mountain cabin, newspaperman Gary Cotler races to protect his daughter from the killer

C. Terry Cline, Terry C Cline, 1989

Quarry

Geologist Frankie MacFarlane is drawn into a police investigation when the remains of her former fianc are found in the desert.

Susan Cummins Miller, 2006

Q is for Quarry

Based on an unsolved homicide that occured in 1969, Q is for Quarry and Grafton's interest in the case have renewed police efforts. The body has been exhumed, and a facial reconstruction made that appears in the last pages of the novel.

Sue Grafton, 2011

The Gregs of Quarry Bank Mill: The Rise and Decline of a ...

Samuel Greg (1758-1834) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Mary B. Rose, 1986

Quarry Wood

This is essentially the story of a young woman’s journey to maturity and independence, her high ideals, and a slowly-growing awareness of her passionate nature.

Nan Shepherd, 2010

The Quarry

A 1928 novel on a mulatto torn between passing for white and sticking up for blacks. For most of his life Donald Glover, a handsome man of letters, confronts tempting offers to take the easy way out.

Charles Waddell Chesnutt, Dean McWilliams, 1999

Quarry Closing In On the Missing Link

A leading anthropologist's twenty-year quest in northern and eastern Africa shows how findings from a variety of fields contribute to a holistic picture of human evolution and provide a context for understanding today's problems.

Noel T. Boaz, 2010

The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul

This comprehensive study covers every aspect of the group's musical life--composition, performance, recording and reception histories--from its beginnings in 1956 through 1965.

Walter Everett, 2001

Czanne's Quarry

A young woman is found murdered . . . and the clues to her death point to her spurned lover, Paul CézanneIn this richly atmospheric novel, a mysterious young woman named Solange Vernet arrives in Aix-en-Provence with her lover, a Darwinian ...

Barbara Corrado Pope, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUARRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quarry is used in the context of the following news items.

Grantham Floods Commission of Inquiry told quarry to blame

A frustrated resident has launched a furious tirade during an inquiry into deadly floods which hit a small Queensland town, lashing out at a quarry owner for not ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»

Grantham: quarry 'not responsible for flood', inquiry told

A quarry's embankment wall, suspected by survivors in a rural Queensland town of having contributed to a massive flood that killed 12 people, appeared to be ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

Mummified body found at planned quarry site

A mummified body that could be hundreds or even thousands of years old was found Friday afternoon by workers at the site of the planned Singleton Quarry, ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»

Quarry operations flawed, says expert

Murray Taylor, right, pictured with wife Jill Taylor. The quarry boss died in a landslide at the Heathstock Haulage limeworks near Waikari in Canterbury. «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»

Former owner believes Grantham quarry slowed water in deadly …

The former owner of a quarry near Grantham in southern Queensland does not believe a second inquiry into the 2011 flood will implicate the quarry. Print page ... «ABC Local, May 15»

Cupertino cement quarry to pay $7.5 million to settle water pollution …

From 2009 to 2014, the quarry in the Cupertino hills discharged wastewater containing levels of selenium -- a naturally occurring element that is toxic to fish, ... «San Jose Mercury News, Apr 15»

3 workers injured by ground movement at Westmoreland Co. quarry

Hudson also found the Whitney quarry had more than a dozen violations going back to 2012, while the most recent violation last month involved hazardous ... «WPXI Pittsburgh, Apr 15»

Graffiti by 1800 WWI soldiers found in underground quarry

... Photographer: Graffiti a human connection to the past. (CNN) The graffiti, written in a French chalk quarry and dating back almost 100 years, is plain and stark. «CNN, Apr 15»

Duchy does daffodil deal for quarry

With money far from being a worry, the Prince of Wales asked the new owner of a quarry on his land to pay him something rather more novel than cold, hard ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»

Silver Spring's Quarry House Tavern and Bombay Gaylord closed …

Nick Lopata was one of about 30 people enjoying a late-night drink at Quarry House Tavern, the venerable watering hole in downtown Silver Spring, when ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»