ferret in English

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adj. designed to search or pry with antennas and other electronic equipment.
Ex. a ferret ship, ferret cars, a ferret satelite. ""Ferret"" orbiters ... listen to each other's radio messages (Science News).

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ferret (1), noun, verb, adjective.

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ferret (2), noun.
a stout, narrow tape, used for bindings and shoestrings.

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noun ferreter.

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noun 1a. a white or yellowish-white animal related to the weasel, domesticated and used for killing rats and driving rabbits from their holes, found in Europe. It is the domesticated form of the European polecat.
b. black-footed ferret.
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v.i. 1. to hunt with ferrets.
2. (Figurative.) to search about; rummage.
Ex. to ferret among the ruins.

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v.t. 1. to hunt with ferrets.
2. (Figurative.) to drive from, off, or out of a place.
Ex. Measures were accordingly taken ... to ferret this vermin brood [buccaneers] out of the colonies (Washington Irving).
3. (Figurative.) to hunt;