Quarry
Same as: quarrelnoun — Plural: Quarries
- 1.
- (an intended prey or victim hunted; an excavation whence stone dug for building) កន្លែងយកថ្ម
- 2.
- (Object of pursuit or chase especially in hunting prey, victim) hunter's quarry សត្វដែលគេបរបាញ់
Example: The hounds followed their quarry to the foxhole.policeman's quarry អ្វីៗដែលគេតាមរក
verb — past tense: quarried ; past participle: quarried ; present participle: quarrying ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to dig from a quarry) គាស់យកថ្ម
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Quarries
- 1.
- A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.
- 2.
- A heap of game killed.
- 3.
- The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.
- 4.
- A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit.
verb — past tense: quarried ; past participle: quarried ; present participle: quarrying ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
- 1.
- Quadrate, square