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To hunt game with ferrets. / (by extension, transitive, intransitive) To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.

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ferret

Source Word

ferret

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

broadly intransitive transitive

Japanese Meaning

フェレットを用いて獲物を狩ること / 調査・捜索を通じて隠されたものを見つけ出すこと

At dawn, the old men still ferret the hedgerows to flush out rabbits.

夜明けに、老人たちは今でもフェレットを使って生け垣のウサギを狩る。

Sense（1）

To hunt game with ferrets.

Sense（2）

(by extension, transitive, intransitive) To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.

Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.

ferrets

（ present singular third-person ）

ferreting

（ participle present ）

ferreted

（ participle past ）

ferreted

（ past ）