Synonyms for quarried
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kwawr-ee, kwor-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɔr i, ˈkwɒr i |
Top 10 synonyms for quarried Other synonyms for the word quarried
- break up
- burrow
- cat
- channel
- concave
- cut
- deepen
- delve
- depress
- dig down
- dig for
- drive
- empty
- fork out
- go into
- gouge
- grub
- harvest
- hew
- hoe
- hollow
- investigate
- mine
- pan
- penetrate
- pierce
- pit
- probe
- produce
- quarry
- root
- root out
- rout
- sap
- scoop
- scoop out
- scrape
- search
- shovel
- sift
- spade
- till
- trench
- tunnel
- turn over
- uncover
- undermine
- unearth
- work
Définition of quarried
Origin :- "what is hunted," early 14c., quirre "entrails of deer placed on the hide and given to dogs of the chase as a reward," from Anglo-French quirreie, Old French cuiriee "the spoil, quarry" (Modern French curée), altered (by influence of Old French cuir "skin," from Latin corium "hide"), from Old French corée "viscera, entrails," from Vulgar Latin *corata "entrails," from Latin cor "heart" (see heart). Sense of "anything chased in hunt" is first recorded 1610s; earlier "bird targeted by a hawk or other raptor" (late 15c.).
- As in mine : verb dig up
- As in dig : verb delve into; hollow out
- As in excavate : verb dig up
- The Derbyshire marbles are quarried all about, and mosaic manufacture is carried on.
- Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
- Here, too, the granite for building the country's defences and docks is quarried.
- Extract from : « Denmark » by M. Pearson Thomson
- The bulk of the quarried stone has the colour and greasy look of raw pork.
- Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath
- Fire, chisel, and hammer at work on these three rocks; but, they are all quarried first.
- Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller
- The cell is formed of four quarried blocks, which are laid one over the other.
- Extract from : « History of Phoenicia » by George Rawlinson
- At their feet fell the precipice where the limestone was quarried away.
- Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
- Imagination was the tool with which he digged and quarried his foundations.
- Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis
- They sought no quarried blocks of syenite or granite for their work.
- Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various
- It has a fine grain, and is easily worked; it was quarried in the vicinity of Nocera.
- Extract from : « Pompeii, Its Life and Art » by August Mau
- The lava, which came originally from Vesuvius, was quarried 36 at Pompeii.
- Extract from : « Pompeii, Its Life and Art » by August Mau
Antonyms for quarried
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