Ferret is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for FERRET in dictionary:

VERB:
• to search out persistently
• (of a person) hunt with ferrets, typically for rabbits
• clear (a hole or area of ground) of rabbits with ferrets.
• rummage about in a place or container in search of something
• discover information by means of an assiduous search or investigation
• hound or harry relentlessly
• search and discover through persistent investigation
• hunt with ferrets
NOUN:
• a domesticated polecat used chiefly for catching rabbits. It is typically albino in coloration, but sometimes brown.
• an assiduous search for something
• tamed polecat
• An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.
• To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret.
• A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.
• The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.
• musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
• domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to search out by careful investigation

Words related to FERRET

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Words that contain FERRET

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How to use FERRET in a sentence

• To the Lighthouse at Cape Ferret, across the basin, whence the Biscay can be seen.
• The most distinguished service of Cicero as consul was to ferret out the conspiracy of Catiline.
• I thought of the unknown Carthew, and it sickened me to see this ferret on his trail.
• If I crashed to ruin, he might creep out like a ferret.
• EDOUARD FERRET, and enriched with 225 views of vine-culturing Châteaux, by M.
• Richards, their ferret eyes darting busily about and their tongues clicking even more rapidly.
• Not having been schooled in the Old World, he showed none of the ferret, and in a few seconds I was again trotting southwards along the western bank to the Clifton House Hotel.
• Well, with everyone knowing about it like that, someone is bound before long to ferret out the real facts.
• With Herman he was a ferret driving out of their hiding-places every evil instinct that lay dormant.
• I told him the truth about Luigi and me and he promised to do what he could to ferret out the truth about my people.
• If he gained any impressions of who or what group was behind this movement, he was to attempt to join it and ferret out that secret so it could be reported.
• Ferret had read Hobbes, learned that man was in a state of nature, and inferred that we ought to prey upon each other, as a pike eats trout.
• He was endeavouring to pierce the darkness with his ferret eyes, when the chimes of a neighbouring church struck the four quarters.
• There is not a corner, nor coney-burrow in all my body, where this wine doth not ferret out my thirst.
• Ferret could not bring herself to complete the sentence.
• Ferret, were ready to rejoice that he was not so good as he might be, you know.
• Ferret knew all about it also, and from her and Mr.
• Ferret a caustic lecture on the sin of neglecting her duty for the sake of anybody.
• Ferret came home from prayer-meeting she entered by the back-gate, and judiciously stood for some time looking in at the window.
• Ferret, who called and asked for a private interview.
• Ferret ventured to hint that the chance of meeting somebody on the street had something to do with her walk.
• Ferret had told the story to everybody, exacting from each one a pledge of secrecy.
• Lieutenants Edson and Ferret proceeded to the rear of the town, and made a bold attack upon that fort, which, after a spirited resistance on the part of the Malays, surrendered.
• An Indian ambush was the most probable, and a number of men were detailed to ferret out the mystery.
• Fledermausse crossed the gallery slowly, like an old ferret who feels at home.
• A German in a similar position is a sort of human ferret.
• She had a showy little brain, absolutely no heart, and the senses of a cat or a ferret.
• It must be supposed that the business touching the gray ferret was one of importance, for Dan to lose sight of his usual fears, and turn towards that pool.
• I leave you to hunt in the drawing-rooms, while I ferret in the kitchen.

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