ferret+out
41Ferret Music — infobox record label parent = Warner Music Group founded = 1996 founder = Carl Severson distributor = Sony BMG genre = Metalcore, Grindcore, Deathcore, Hardcore country = USA url = http://www.ferretstyle.comFerret Music is an independent record… …
42ferret — [ fɛrɪt] noun 1》 a domesticated albino or brown polecat, used for catching rabbits. [Mustela furo.] 2》 an assiduous search. verb (ferrets, ferreting, ferreted) 1》 hunt with ferrets. 2》 search for something in a place or container. ↘(ferret… …
43ferret — [ˈferɪt] noun [C] I a small thin furry animal with a long tail that people sometimes use for hunting II verb ferret [ˈferɪt] ferret sth out …
44smell\ out — • ferret out literary • sniff out • smell out v To hunt or drive from hiding; to bring out into the open; search for and find. Jane smelled out the boys secret hiding place in the woods. John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library …
45sniff\ out — • ferret out literary • sniff out • smell out v To hunt or drive from hiding; to bring out into the open; search for and find. Jane smelled out the boys secret hiding place in the woods. John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library …
46ferret — [14] A ferret is, from an etymological point of view, a ‘thieving animal’. The word comes via Old French fuiret or furet from Vulgar Latin *fūrittus, literally ‘little thief’. This was a derivative of Latin fūr ‘thief’, which is related to… …
47ferret — fer·ret || ferɪt n. small mammal which is bred for hunting rabbits and rats, domesticated variety of the polecat; thin ribbon of cotton or silk (for binding or trimming) v. hunt with a ferret; drive out; worry; investigate; search about; find,… …
48ferret something out — investigate something assiduously. → ferret …
49ferret — [14] A ferret is, from an etymological point of view, a ‘thieving animal’. The word comes via Old French fuiret or furet from Vulgar Latin *fūrittus, literally ‘little thief’. This was a derivative of Latin fūr ‘thief’, which is related to… …
50ferret — verb 1) she ferreted in her handbag Syn: rummage, feel around, grope around, forage around, fish around/about, poke around/about; search through, hunt through, rifle through 2) ferreting out misdemeanors Syn: unearth …
