ALL meanings of ferret
fer·ret
F f - noun ferret a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc. 1
- verb with object ferret 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. 1
- verb with object ferret to hunt with ferrets. 1
- verb with object ferret to hunt over with ferrets: to ferret a field. 1
- verb with object ferret to search out, discover, or bring to light (often followed by out): to ferret out the facts. 1
- verb with object ferret to harry, worry, or torment: His problems ferreted him day and night. 1
- verb without object ferret to search about. 1
- noun ferret An often domesticated mammal rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals. 1
- noun ferret animal 1
- intransitive verb ferret search 1
- intransitive verb ferret hunt with ferrets 1
- countable noun ferret A ferret is a small, fierce animal which is used for hunting rabbits and rats. 0
- verb ferret If you ferret about for something, you look for it in a lot of different places or in a place where it is hidden. 0
- noun ferret a domesticated albino variety of the polecat Mustela putorius, bred for hunting rats, rabbits, etc 0
- noun ferret an assiduous searcher 0
- verb ferret to hunt (rabbits, rats, etc) with ferrets 0
- verb ferret to drive from hiding 0
- verb ferret to find by persistent investigation 0
- verb ferret to search around 0
- noun ferret silk binding tape 0
- noun ferret a narrow ribbon of cotton, wool, silk, etc. 0
- noun ferret a small, domesticated European polecat with pink eyes and yellowish fur, easily tamed for hunting rabbits, rats, etc. 0
- noun ferret a rare, black-footed weasel (Mustela nigripes) of the W U.S. 0
- verb transitive ferret to force out of hiding with or as if with a ferret 0
- verb transitive ferret to search for persistently and discover (facts, the truth, etc.); search 0
- verb transitive ferret to keep after; harass 0
- intransitive verb ferret to hunt with ferrets 0