ferret

[US]/'ferɪt/
[UK]/'fɛrɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. drive out; search out, seize; hunt with a ferret
vi. search, investigate
n. ferret; mustela putorius; detective
Word Forms
Present Participleferreting
Pluralferrets
Past Participleferreted
Past Tenseferreted
Third Person Singularferrets

Phrases & Collocations

ferret out

udforsket

Example Sentences

ferret out the solution to a mystery.

afsløre løsningen på et mysterium.

to ferret the facts out

at finde faktaerne frem

he had a quick ferret around .

han havde en hurtig undersøgelse.

she had the ability to ferret out the facts.

hun havde evnen til at afdække fakta.

The police failed to ferret out the truth.

Politiet formåede ikke at afsløre sandheden.

She’s determined to ferret out the truth.

Hun er fast besluttet på at afsløre sandheden.

keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret;

en skarpøjede viverrine i det sydlige Asien omkring størrelsen af en mår.

The police ferreted about all over the house for clues.

Politiet undersøgte hele huset for spor.

he shambled over to the desk and ferreted around .

han slæbte hen til skrivebordet og undersøgte.

German ferrets constantly spied on the Allied prisoners of war.

Tyske mårer spejdede konstant på de allieredes krigsfanger.

Resembling an overgrown ferret, the Jarvey is one of the few beasts that can actually talk.

Jarveyen, der ligner et overdrevet ærgefår, er et af de få dyr, der faktisk kan tale.

"That devil of a Marius has ferreted out the nest of a millionaire grisette in his tree of dreams!

Døvlen af en Marius har afsløret en millionærs grisettes rede i hans drømmetræ!

Real-world Examples

Officials have tried vaccinating individual ferrets and they've tried treating prairie-dog burrows with flea-killer.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation September 2016

This little ferret is taking us for fools. -Ferret? -Fools?

Source: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

" it provides a promising tool for continued efforts to conserve the black-footed ferret" .

Source: VOA Slow English - America

And the black-footed ferret is a great example.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

There was the guy with the ferrets.

Source: Friends Season 3

Buckbeak, bored, was ferreting for worms again.

Source: 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Now, can you ferret out the fairies for us?

Source: American Horror Story Season 1

Ok. How about we get a cat or a ferret!

Source: EnglishPod 181-270

Behind him, Buckbeak spat a few ferret bones onto Hagrid's pillow.

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

By 1981, there was only one colony of ferrets living in Wyoming.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

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