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# quarry

«quarry» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big open hole in the ground where people dig or cut out…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a quarry, quarries); verb (quarry, quarries, quarried, quarrying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A quarry is a big open hole in the ground where people dig or cut out stone, sand or rock for building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#m1)

2) Quarry is also an animal or person that is being hunted or chased. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#m2)

3) To quarry is to dig stone or rock out of the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science, quarries show where building stone like granite, slate and limestone comes from. In safety lessons, children learn that old quarries full of water are dangerous places to swim. In stories, «the quarry» is the one being hunted, like a fox chased by hounds.

### examples

- Big trucks carried rocks out of the quarry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#x1)
- The old quarry filled with deep, freezing water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#x2)
- Never swim in a quarry because the water is very cold and deep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#x3)
- The church was built with stone from a nearby quarry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#x4)
- The hawk swooped down on its quarry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#x5)
- The detective finally caught up with his quarry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#x6)
- Workers quarried slate from the hillside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#x7)
- We could hear blasting from the quarry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#x8)
- Quarry some stones with those great swords of yours, and help me to build a city." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/#x9)

### note

Plural: quarries (y changes to ies). Past form: quarried. The two noun senses come from different old words, so they are not linked in meaning. Quarry swimming is a real danger: the water is much colder and deeper than it looks.

### In the corpora

- [Keep away from quarries and old mines, because rocks fall and quarry water is very deep and cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/230-hiking-and-camping/15/)
- [Stay away from quarries and old mines; rocks can fall and quarry water is very deep and cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools/10/)
- [Quarry water is very cold and deep and has hidden machinery and ledges, and people drown in it every summer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools/20/)
- [UK seas, lakes, rivers and quarries stay cold all year, and sunny air does not mean warm water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/8/)
- [And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.88/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quarry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quarry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.