noun. Originally, a silk tape or narrow ribbon used for fastening or lacing; now, a narrow worsted or cotton ribbon used for binding, for shoestrings, etc., and also, when dyed in bright colors, for cockades, rosettes, etc.

noun. An artificial albinotic variety of the fitch or polecat, Putorius vulgaris or fœtidus, said to be of African origin, about 14 inches long, of a whitish or pale-yellowish color, with red or pink eyes, bred in confinement in Europe and America to kill rats, rabbits, and other vermin or small game living in holes, into which its lithe, slender, and sinuous body readily enters.

noun. In glass-manuf, the iron used to try the melted matter to see if it is fit to work, and to make the rings at the mouths of bottles.

To drive out of a lurking-place, as a ferret does the rabbit.

Hence Figuratively, to search out by perseverance and cunning: commonly followed by out: as, to ferret out a secret.

To search (a place).

To worry, as a ferret does his prey.

To hunt with ferrets: as, to ferret rats with trained ferrets.

noun. A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.

transitive verb. To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out.

noun. The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.

noun. An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela furo syn. Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes. They are sometimes kept as pets.

noun. An often domesticated mammal rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.

noun. The black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes.

noun. An diligent searcher.

verb. To hunt game with ferrets.

verb. To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.

verb. search and discover through persistent investigation

verb. hound or harry relentlessly

noun. domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits

noun. musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct

verb. hunt with ferrets

"Pivot, our undescented female ferret, is two today."

black-footed ferret  

ferreted  ferreting  

discover  find  fitch  foulmart  foumart  

Garratt  Jarrett  beret  carat  carrot  

agrum  grandpapa  mink  opossum  otter  

Argus  Cape polecat  ape  bar  bear  

ferreting  

ferreted  ferreting  ferrets  ferretting