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All ferreting antonyms

fer·ret
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verb ferreting

  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
  • hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
  • laze — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
  • tinker — a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
  • cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
  • protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
  • clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
  • neaten — to make neat: a day spent neatening the kitchen shelves.
  • tidy — neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress: a tidy room; a tidy person.
  • give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
  • receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
  • find — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
  • order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • dislodge — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
  • leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
  • shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
  • overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
  • conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
  • suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
  • pass by — go past
  • lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • bury — To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth.
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