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Definition of quarry verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

quarry

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈkwɔri//
 
, NAmE//ˈkwɑri//
 
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they quarry
 
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 he / she / it quarries
 
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 past simple quarried
 
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 -ing form quarrying
 
 
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to take stone, etc. out of a quarry quarry something (from/out of something) The local rock is quarried from the hillside. quarry (for) something The area is being quarried for limestone.
quar‧ry‧ing
 
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noun [uncountable] There has been quarrying in the area for centuries.See quarry in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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