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ferrets
 
Noun ferret has 2 senses
  1. black-footed ferret, ferret, Mustela nigripes - ferret of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
    --1 is a kind of musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline
    --1 is a member of Mustela, genus Mustela
    Derived form: verb ferret2
  2. ferret - domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
    --2 is a kind of     polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius
Verb ferret has 3 senses
  1. ferret - hound or harry relentlessly
    --1 is one way to     hound, hunt, trace
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. ferret - hunt with ferrets
    --2 is one way to     hunt, run, hunt down, track down
    Derived form: noun ferret1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  3. ferret out, ferret - search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth"
    --3 is one way to discover, find
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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