adjective🔗ShareProvided with quarry or prey."The hawk, quarried after a long day of hunting, returned to its nest with a small field mouse. "naturegeologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry."The granite used to build the school's new walls was quarried from a nearby mountain. "geologymaterialindustrybuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching."They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri."geologymaterialindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy."The hawk quarried a field mouse in the tall grass. "animalnatureactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading