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

ferret ut

Example Sentences

ferret out the solution to a mystery.

avdekket løsningen på mysteriet.

to ferret the facts out

å finne faktaene

he had a quick ferret around .

han hadde en rask ferret rundt .

she had the ability to ferret out the facts.

hun hadde evnen til å finne ut fakta.

The police failed to ferret out the truth.

politiet klarte ikke å finne frem til sannheten.

She’s determined to ferret out the truth.

Hun er bestemt på å finne frem til sannheten.

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

spesielle nakne viverriner fra sør-Asia med størrelse på en ferret;

The police ferreted about all over the house for clues.

politiet leste rundt i hele huset etter spor.

he shambled over to the desk and ferreted around .

han gikk over til skrivebordet og leste rundt .

German ferrets constantly spied on the Allied prisoners of war.

tyske ferretter spionerte konstant på allierte fangeleger.

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

Jarveyen, som ligner på en overgrodd mår, er ett av de få dyrene som faktisk kan snakke.

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

"Den helvete Marius har funnet nisten til en millionær grisette i hans tre av drømmer!"

Real-world Examples

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

Myndighetene har prøvd å vaksinere enkelte frett og de har prøvd å behandle præriehundes huller med flee-killer.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation September 2016

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

Denne lille frett tar oss for dumme. -Frett? -Dumme?

Source: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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

"det gir et lovende verktøy for videre arbeid med å bevare den svarte frett".

Source: VOA Slow English - America

And the black-footed ferret is a great example.

Og den svarte frett er et stort eksempel.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

There was the guy with the ferrets.

Det var mannen med frettene.

Source: Friends Season 3

Buckbeak, bored, was ferreting for worms again.

Buckbeak, som var lei, gjorde det igjen med å lete etter masker.

Source: 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Now, can you ferret out the fairies for us?

Nå, kan du finne ut hvilke fyrstikker som er nakne for oss?

Source: American Horror Story Season 1

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

Okay. Hva med å få en katt eller en frett!

Source: EnglishPod 181-270

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

Bak ham spottet Buckbeak noen frettben på Hagrids pude.

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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

I 1981 var det bare én koloni frett som bodde i Wyoming.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

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