noun, verb
noun a small fierce animal with a long thin body, kept for chasing rabbits from their holes, killing rats, etc.
Part of speech: verb
1 [V+adv./prep.] ~ (about / around) (for sth) (informal) to search for sth that is lost or hidden among a lot of things:
She opened the drawer and ferreted around for her keys.
2 [V] to hunt rabbits, rats, etc. using ferrets
PHRASALVERBS
ferret sb/sth<->out (informal) to discover information or to find sb/sth by searching thoroughly, asking a lot of questions, etc:
He is determined to ferret out the truth about what happened.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is ferret a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, ferret is tagged as verb.
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