ferret
verb/ˈferɪt/
/ˈferɪt/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they ferret | /ˈferɪt/ /ˈferɪt/ |
| he / she / it ferrets | /ˈferɪts/ /ˈferɪts/ |
| past simple ferreted | /ˈferɪtɪd/ /ˈferɪtɪd/ |
| past participle ferreted | /ˈferɪtɪd/ /ˈferɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form ferreting | /ˈferɪtɪŋ/ /ˈferɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] ferret (about/around) (for something) (informal) to search for something that is lost or hidden among a lot of things
- She opened the drawer and ferreted around for her keys.
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- [intransitive] to hunt rabbits, rats, etc. using ferrets
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French fuiret, alteration of fuiron, based on late Latin furo ‘thief, ferret’, from Latin fur ‘thief’.
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