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All ferreted synonyms

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verb ferreted

  • searched β€” to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
  • hunted β€” to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
  • delved β€” Simple past tense and past participle of delve.
  • dug β€” a simple past tense and past participle of dig1. and dig2 .
  • uncovered β€” having no cover or covering.
  • beat β€” If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
  • broke β€” Broke is the past tense of break.
  • burrowed β€” a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
  • cleaned β€” free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
  • cleared β€” Simple past tense and past participle of clear.
  • combed β€” Simple past tense and past participle of comb.
  • excavated β€” Simple past tense and past participle of excavate.
  • prepared β€” properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
  • probed β€” to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
  • raked β€” inclining from the vertical or from the horizontal: raked masts; a raked stage.
  • rooted β€” having roots.
  • scoured β€” to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
  • shoveled β€” an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
  • unearthed β€” to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
  • gutted β€” the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
  • looted β€” spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
  • pillaged β€” to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
  • raided β€” a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
  • robbed β€” to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
  • seized β€” to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
  • appropriated β€” suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
  • despoiled β€” to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
  • explored β€” Simple past tense and past participle of explore.
  • lifted β€” to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
  • marauded β€” to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
  • peered β€” to look narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern clearly.
  • pinched β€” to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
  • poached β€” to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
  • pried β€” to try, test, or taste.
  • purloined β€” to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
  • rifled β€” a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
  • sacked β€” the plundering of a captured place; pillage: the sack of Troy.
  • scanned β€” to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
  • scrutinized β€” to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
  • sought β€” simple past tense and past participle of seek.
  • sounded β€” Surgery. a long, slender instrument for sounding or exploring body cavities or canals.
  • spoiled β€” to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
  • spied β€” a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
  • stole β€” simple past tense of steal.
  • stripped β€” having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed: trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.
  • embedded β€” Fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass.
  • ingrained β€” ingrained; firmly fixed.
  • lodged β€” (of a deer or the like) represented as lying down: a stag lodged.
  • nosed β€” the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
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