Ferret (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of thepolecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
  2. black-footed ferret.
verb (used with object)
  1. to drive out by using or as if using a ferret (often followed by out): to ferret rabbits from their burrows;to ferret out enemies.
  2. to hunt with ferrets.
  3. to hunt over with ferrets: to ferret a field.
  4. to search out, discover, or bring to light (often followed by out): to ferret out the facts.
  5. to harry, worry, or torment: His problems ferreted him day and night.
verb (used without object)
  1. to search about.
noun
  1. a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
noun
  1. a domesticated albino variety of the polecat Mustela putorius, bred for hunting rats, rabbits, etc
  2. an assiduous searcher
  3. a musteline mammal, Mustela nigripes, of W North America, closely related to the weasels
verb -rets, -reting or -reted
  1. to hunt (rabbits, rats, etc) with ferrets
  2. to drive from hiding
  3. to find by persistent investigation
  4. to search around
noun
  1. silk binding tape
Ferret (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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