about … icon-addNote android4 Answer apple4 icon-appStoreEN icon-appStoreES icon-appStorePT icon-appStoreRU Imported Layers Copy 7 icon-arrow-spined icon-ask icon-attention icon-bubble-blue icon-bubble-red ButtonError ButtonLoader ButtonOk icon-cake icon-camera icon-card-add icon-card-calendar icon-card-remove icon-card-sort chrome-extension-ru chrome-extension-es-mx chrome-extension-pt-br chrome-extension-ru comment comment icon-cop-cut icon-cop-star Cross Dislike icon-editPen icon-entrance icon-errorBig facebook flag flag_vector icon-globe icon-googlePlayEN icon-googlePlayRU icon-greyLoader icon-cake Heart 4EB021E9-B441-4209-A542-9E882D3252DE Created with sketchtool. Info Kebab icon-lamp icon-lampBig icon-learnHat icon-learning-hat Dislike Loup Loup icon-more icon-note icon-notifications icon-pen Pencil icon-play icon-plus-light icon-plus icon-rosie-cut Rune scrollUp Share-icon Shevron-Down Shevron Left Shevron Right sound sound1 sound2 sound3 sound4 sound2 icon-star Swap icon-translate Trash icon-tutor-ellipsis icon-tutor-flip Tutor folder icon icon-tutor-learned icon-twoWayArrow Mezhdunarodny_logotip_VK vk icon-word pen_icon Logo Logo Logo
Log inSign up

Examples from texts

The gradually diminishing distance between the pack and its quarry diminishes for each of them.
Der Abstand zwischen der Meute und ihrem Gegenstand, der sich allmählich verringert, verringert sich für jeden.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
In the gulf, close before Venice, his well-manned galleys were cruizing up and down, like hungry beasts of prey running backwards and forwards, watching how best to grasp their quarry. Deadly terror took possession of the Signoria and populace.
Im Golf, dicht vor Venedig, kreuzten nun seine wohlbemannten Galeeren hin und her wie hungrige Raubtiere, die in unruhiger Gier auf und nieder rennen, spähend, wo die Beute am sichersten zu haschen; und Todesschrecken erfaßte Volk und Signorie.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Concerned about being seen as they drew closer to their quarry, Captain Nemo ordered the Nautilus to submerge and proceed along its course.
Als sie sich dem Ziel näherten, ließ Kapitän Nemo die Nautilus tauchen, um nicht vorzeitig gesehen zu werden.
Anderson, Kevin / League of Extraordinary GentlemenAnderson, Kevin / Die Liga der aussergewöhnlichen Gentlemen
Die Liga der aussergewöhnlichen Gentlemen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2003 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 2003 by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, München
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2003 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Subject: Opening of a quarry in Pieria
Betrifft Anlage eines Steinbruchs in der Gemeinde Pieria
© Europäische Union, 1998-2011
© European Union, 1998-2011
the deposit of unpolluted soil or of non-hazardous inert waste resulting from prospecting and extraction, treatment, and storage of mineral resources as well as from the operation of quarries.
die Ablagerung von nicht verunreinigtem Boden oder von nicht gefahrlichen Inertabfallen aus der Prospektion und dem Abbau, der Behandlung und der Lagerung von Bodenschätzen sowie aus dem Betrieb von Steinbrüchen.
© Europäische Union, 1998-2011
© European Union, 1998-2011
Experts considered that quarrying, transporting, and erecting the huge stone figures would be difficult even today.
Nach Ansicht von Experten wäre es selbst heutzutage schwierig, das Gestein für die riesigen Figuren zu gewinnen, die Statuen zu transportieren und aufzustellen.
Case, John / The Eighth DayCase, John / Der achte Tag
Der achte Tag
Case, John
© 2002 by John Case
© S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2004
The Eighth Day
Case, John
© 2002 by John Case
Quarries shall reach a weighted score of at least 25 points.
Steinbrüche müssen eine gewichtete Wertung von mindestens 25 Punkten erreichen.

Add to my dictionary

Not found

User translations

No translations for this text yet.
Be the first to translate it!

Collocations

quarry stone
Bruchstein
quarry tile
Gehwegplatte
marble quarry
Marmorsteinbruch
slate quarry
Schieferbruch
quarry pond
Baggersee
limestone quarry
Kalksteinbruch
marble quarry
Marmorbruch
clay quarry
Tongrube
quarry sand
Quarzsand

Word forms

quarry

verb
Basic forms
Pastquarried
Imperativequarry
Present Participle (Participle I)quarrying
Past Participle (Participle II)quarried
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I quarrywe quarry
you quarryyou quarry
he/she/it quarriesthey quarry
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am quarryingwe are quarrying
you are quarryingyou are quarrying
he/she/it is quarryingthey are quarrying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have quarriedwe have quarried
you have quarriedyou have quarried
he/she/it has quarriedthey have quarried
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been quarryingwe have been quarrying
you have been quarryingyou have been quarrying
he/she/it has been quarryingthey have been quarrying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I quarriedwe quarried
you quarriedyou quarried
he/she/it quarriedthey quarried
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was quarryingwe were quarrying
you were quarryingyou were quarrying
he/she/it was quarryingthey were quarrying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had quarriedwe had quarried
you had quarriedyou had quarried
he/she/it had quarriedthey had quarried
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been quarryingwe had been quarrying
you had been quarryingyou had been quarrying
he/she/it had been quarryingthey had been quarrying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will quarrywe shall/will quarry
you will quarryyou will quarry
he/she/it will quarrythey will quarry
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be quarryingwe shall/will be quarrying
you will be quarryingyou will be quarrying
he/she/it will be quarryingthey will be quarrying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have quarriedwe shall/will have quarried
you will have quarriedyou will have quarried
he/she/it will have quarriedthey will have quarried
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been quarryingwe shall/will have been quarrying
you will have been quarryingyou will have been quarrying
he/she/it will have been quarryingthey will have been quarrying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would quarrywe should/would quarry
you would quarryyou would quarry
he/she/it would quarrythey would quarry
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be quarryingwe should/would be quarrying
you would be quarryingyou would be quarrying
he/she/it would be quarryingthey would be quarrying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have quarriedwe should/would have quarried
you would have quarriedyou would have quarried
he/she/it would have quarriedthey would have quarried
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been quarryingwe should/would have been quarrying
you would have been quarryingyou would have been quarrying
he/she/it would have been quarryingthey would have been quarrying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am quarriedwe are quarried
you are quarriedyou are quarried
he/she/it is quarriedthey are quarried
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being quarriedwe are being quarried
you are being quarriedyou are being quarried
he/she/it is being quarriedthey are being quarried
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been quarriedwe have been quarried
you have been quarriedyou have been quarried
he/she/it has been quarriedthey have been quarried
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was quarriedwe were quarried
you were quarriedyou were quarried
he/she/it was quarriedthey were quarried
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being quarriedwe were being quarried
you were being quarriedyou were being quarried
he/she/it was being quarriedthey were being quarried
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been quarriedwe had been quarried
you had been quarriedyou had been quarried
he/she/it had been quarriedthey had been quarried
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be quarriedwe shall/will be quarried
you will be quarriedyou will be quarried
he/she/it will be quarriedthey will be quarried
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been quarriedwe shall/will have been quarried
you will have been quarriedyou will have been quarried
he/she/it will have been quarriedthey will have been quarried

quarry

noun
SingularPlural
Common casequarryquarries
Possessive casequarry'squarries'