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Ferret

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Noun

1. black-footed ferret, ferret, mustela nigripes

musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct

2. ferret

domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits

Verb

3. ferret

hound or harry relentlessly

4. ferret

hunt with ferrets

5. ferret, ferret out

search and discover through persistent investigation

Example Sentences:
'She ferreted out the truth'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ferret

see synonyms of ferret
noun
1. 
a domesticated albino variety of the polecat Mustela putorius, bred for hunting rats, rabbits, etc
2. 
an assiduous searcher
3.  black-footed ferret
verb -rets, -reting or -reted
4. 
to hunt (rabbits, rats, etc) with ferrets
5. (transitive; usually foll by out)
to drive from hiding
to ferret out snipers
6. (transitive; usually foll by out)
to find by persistent investigation
7. (intransitive)
to search around
noun
silk binding tape

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Ferret

see synonyms of ferret
noun
a narrow ribbon of cotton, wool, silk, etc.
: also ˈferreting
noun
1. 
a small, domesticated European polecat with pink eyes and yellowish fur, easily tamed for hunting rabbits, rats, etc.
2. 
a rare, black-footed weasel (Mustela nigripes) of the W U.S.
verb transitive
3. 
to force out of hiding with or as if with a ferret
4. 
to search for persistently and discover (facts, the truth, etc.); search
with out
5.  Archaic
to keep after; harass
verb intransitive
6. 
to hunt with ferrets
7. 
to search around

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ferret

see synonyms of ferret
n.
1. A domesticated mustelid mammal (Mustela furo syn. Mustela putorius subsp. furo) with an elongated flexible body, often kept as a pet and sometimes trained to hunt rats or rabbits.
2. A black-footed ferret.
v. fer·ret·ed, fer·ret·ing, fer·rets
v.tr.
1.
a. To hunt (rabbits, for example) with ferrets.
b. To drive out, as from a hiding place; expel.
2. To uncover and bring to light by searching. Often used with out: "Their work merely points the way for others to ferret out the core components of all proteins" (Natalie Angier).
3. To hound or harry persistently; worry.
v.intr.
1. To engage in hunting with ferrets.
2. To search intensively.
n.
A narrow piece of tape used to bind or edge fabric.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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