ferret

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

Translation

vt. kusafiri kwa mizigo; kusekema, kushinda; kushinda kwa mizigo
vi. kusekema, kutafuta
n. mizigo; mustela putorius; mshirika wa mafuta
Word Forms
Present Participleferreting
Pluralferrets
Past Participleferreted
Past Tenseferreted
Third Person Singularferrets

Phrases & Collocations

ferret out

kutafuta

Example Sentences

ferret out the solution to a mystery.

tafuta suluhu kwa siri.

to ferret the facts out

kuchunguza ukweli.

he had a quick ferret around .

alipiga mnyama mwenyewe mchafu.

she had the ability to ferret out the facts.

alikuwa na uwezo wa kuchambua ukweli.

The police failed to ferret out the truth.

polisi walitanganya kusimamia mafuta.

She’s determined to ferret out the truth.

Alikuwa amekuwa mazimba kusimamia mafuta.

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

mnyama mwenyewe mchafu wa Asia mwa kati na mnyama mwenyewe mchafu.

The police ferreted about all over the house for clues.

polisi walipiga mnyama mwenyewe mchafu kote kwa nyumba kwa mafuta.

he shambled over to the desk and ferreted around .

alipiga mnyama mwenyewe mchafu kwa kichwa.

German ferrets constantly spied on the Allied prisoners of war.

mnyama mwenyewe mchafu wa Jerman walipiga mafuta kwa wapiga mafuta wa miguu.

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

Kufanana na ferret iliyoenea, Jarvey ni mmoja wa wanyama wachache wanaweza kutamka.

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

"Marius mwenyewe mchafu amekuwa mazimba kusimamia mafuta ya mwenyewe mchafu wa miliyoni kwenye mguu yake wa mafuta ya mabaya!

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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