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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fer-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛr ɪt



Definition of ferreted

Origin :
  • early 15c., from ferret (n.), in reference to the use of half-tame ferrets to kill rats and flush rabbits from burrows; the extended sense of "search out, discover" is 1570s. Related: Ferreted; ferreting.
  • As in ransack : verb turn inside out in search; ravage
  • As in root : verb dig and search
  • As in scout : verb investigate, check out
  • As in search : verb seek to find something
  • As in unearth : verb dig up
  • As in grub : verb dig, uncover
Example sentences :
  • But I ferreted everywhere; he gave everything away; people robbed him.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • How much more godlike that is than if you had only ferreted out the mere facts!
  • Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • I was talking yesterday with the detective that ferreted him out.
  • Extract from : « Jewel Weed » by Alice Ames Winter
  • Fortunately there was no dog with them, or he would speedily have ferreted me out.
  • Extract from : « Fred Markham in Russia » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • She got out of her tram at the Pillar and ferreted her way quickly among the crowds.
  • Extract from : « Dubliners » by James Joyce
  • The burrows are ferreted the preceding day, and regularly stopped.
  • Extract from : « Dog Breaking » by William Nelson Hutchinson
  • They had not ferreted him out, nor had they stumbled upon him by accident.
  • Extract from : « The Country Beyond » by James Oliver Curwood
  • She ferreted out from beneath beds the stored accumulations of months.
  • Extract from : « Local Color » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • How is it possible that they have not ferreted out such a scoundrel!
  • Extract from : « Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty » by J. W. de Forest
  • She ferreted about her person for her glasses, which after some trouble she found.
  • Extract from : « Adventures of Bindle » by Herbert George Jenkins

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