Quarrying

verb

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.

2.verbTo extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.

"They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri."

3.verbTo secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

4.nounA small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry.

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