OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3741

ferret

/ˈfɛɹɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
grisón • hurón
An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 3742

ferret

/ˈfɛɹɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
buscar • fisgonear • rebuscar
To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.
I confess that we were so unpopular with the outrageous mob, that I only got away from England at the risk of being ducked to death, and that Cly was so ferreted up and down, that…
Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.