Thesaurus: ferret

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1. n. An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / 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.
2. n. 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; as, to ferret out a secret.
3. n. A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.
4. n. 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.
5. n. musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
6. n. domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
7. v. hound or harry relentlessly
8. v. hunt with ferrets
9. v. search and discover through persistent investigation
10. An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela or 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. 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; as, to ferret out a secret. Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak. A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting. 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.
11. An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela or 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 inEurope. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of theirholes.
12. v:43/n:57 n. domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits v. hound or harry relentlessly v. hunt with ferrets