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Hunt vs. Quarry — What's the Difference?

Hunt vs. Quarry — What's the Difference?

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Hunt

Pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food
They hunted and fished
In the autumn they hunted deer

Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their environmental impact.The word quarry can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.

Hunt

Search determinedly for someone or something
He desperately hunted for a new job

Quarry

A hunted animal; prey.

Hunt

(of a device or system) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state
On weak stereo signals this circuit can hunt over mono and stereo in a very disconcerting manner
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Quarry

Hunted animals considered as a group; game.

Hunt

(in change-ringing) move the place of a bell in a simple progression.

Quarry

An object of pursuit
The police lost their quarry in the crowd.

Hunt

An act of hunting wild animals or game
A bear-hunt

Quarry

An open excavation or pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting.

Hunt

A search
Police launched a hunt for the killer

Quarry

A rich or productive source
Found the book an indispensable quarry of information.

Hunt

An oscillating motion about a desired speed, position, or state.

Quarry

A square or diamond shape.

Hunt

To pursue (game) for food or sport.

Quarry

A pane of glass having this shape.

Hunt

To search through (an area) for prey
Hunted the ridges.

Quarry

To obtain (stone) from a quarry, as by cutting, digging, or blasting.

Hunt

To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.

Quarry

To extract (facts, for example) by long, careful searching
Finally quarried out the genealogy from hundreds of sources.

Hunt

To pursue intensively so as to capture or kill
Hunted down the escaped convict.

Quarry

To use (land) as a quarry.

Hunt

To seek out; search for.

Quarry

(mining) A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.

Hunt

To drive out forcibly, especially by harassing; chase away
Hunted the newcomers out of town.

Quarry

A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.

Hunt

To pursue game.

Quarry

(uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.

Hunt

To make a search; seek.

Quarry

(countable) An object of search or pursuit.

Hunt

To yaw back and forth about a flight path, as if seeking a new direction or another angle of attack. Used of an aircraft, rocket, or space vehicle.

Quarry

A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.

Hunt

To rotate up and down or back and forth without being deflected by the pilot. Used of a control surface or a rocket motor in gimbals.

Quarry

(transitive) To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.

Hunt

To oscillate about a selected value. Used of a machine, instrument, or system.

Quarry

To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.

Hunt

To swing back and forth; oscillate. Used of an indicator on a display or instrument panel.

Quarry

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

Hunt

The act or sport of hunting
An enthusiast for the hunt.

Quarry

Same as 1st Quarrel.

Hunt

A hunting expedition or outing, usually with horses and hounds.

Quarry

A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

Hunt

Those taking part in such an expedition or outing.

Quarry

The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.
The wily quarry shunned the shock.

Hunt

The hunting season for a particular animal
Last year's deer hunt.

Quarry

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. See 5th Mine (a).

Hunt

A diligent search or pursuit
On a hunt for cheap gas.

Quarry

Quadrate; square.

Hunt

(ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
State Wildlife Management areas often offer licensed hunters the opportunity to hunt on public lands.
Her uncle will go out and hunt for deer, now that it is open season.

Quarry

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

Hunt

(ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
The police are hunting for evidence.

Quarry

To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.

Hunt

(transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
To hunt down a criminal
He was hunted from the parish.

Quarry

A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;
He fell prey to muggers
Everyone was fair game
The target of a manhunt

Hunt

(transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
Did you hunt that pony last week?

Quarry

A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;
A British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'

Hunt

(transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
He hunts the woods, or the country.

Quarry

Animal hunted or caught for food

Hunt

To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.

Quarry

Extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry;
Quarry marble

Hunt

To shift up and down in order regularly.

Hunt

To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.

Hunt

The act of hunting.

Hunt

A hunting expedition.

Hunt

An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.

Hunt

A pack of hunting dogs.

Hunt

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.
Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.

Hunt

To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; - often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.
Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Hunt

To drive; to chase; - with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.

Hunt

To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
He hunts a pack of dogs.

Hunt

To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.

Hunt

To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.

Hunt

To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
Esau went to the field to hunt for venison.

Hunt

To seek; to pursue; to search; - with for or after.
He after honor hunts, I after love.

Hunt

To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, or the like; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.

Hunt

To shift up and down in order regularly.

Hunt

The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray.

Hunt

The game secured in the hunt.

Hunt

A pack of hounds.

Hunt

An association of huntsmen.

Hunt

A district of country hunted over.
Every landowner within the hunt.

Hunt

Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

Hunt

United States architect (1827-1895)

Hunt

British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)

Hunt

An association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

Hunt

An instance of searching for something;
The hunt for submarines

Hunt

The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Hunt

The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

Hunt

The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

Hunt

Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals);
Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
The dogs are running deer
The Duke hunted in these woods

Hunt

Pursue or chase relentlessly;
The hunters traced the deer into the woods
The detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him

Hunt

Chase away, with as with force;
They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood

Hunt

Yaw back and forth about a flight path;
The plane's nose yawed

Hunt

Oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent;
The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency

Hunt

Seek, search for;
She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them

Hunt

Search (an area) for prey;
The King used to hunt these forests

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