ferret
noun
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
have ferreted
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present perfectof ferret.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The big businessman might have ferreted the same Cabinet gossip out of his daily newspaper if it were not for two fundamental facts.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, from what I know of Juve, in a very short time he will have ferreted out the trap door and will descend as we have done.
From A Nest of Spies by Marcel Allain
Most likely Rotherwood's clerk, or detective, or whatever he may be, will have ferreted out the rights of the matter at Darminster.
From The Two Sides of the Shield by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Mind you let me know any news you have ferreted out, and especially who you think will be the next consuls.
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
If you have ferreted two stories the first day, during the night the Rats that have not been ferreted on the lower stories may get back again to the top storey.
From Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience by Ike Matthews
