[{"word":"quarrying","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri."}],"synonyms":["dig","dig up","unearth","mine"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quarry","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quarrying"]}]