Found 2 items, similar to Ferreted.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ferret
ferret
n 1: ferret of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
[syn:
black-footed ferret,
Mustela nigripes]
2: domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for
hunting rats and rabbits
ferret
v 1: hound or harry relentlessly
2: hunt with ferrets
3: search and discover through persistent investigation;
“She
ferreted out the truth” [syn:
ferret out]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ferreted
Ferret
\Fer"ret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Ferreted; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Ferreting.] [Cf. F. fureter. See
Ferret, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]