Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - ferret
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Ferret
ferret
(ferrets, ferreting, ferreted) 1. A ferret is a small, fierce animal which is used for hunting rabbits and rats. N-COUNT 2. If you ferret about for something, you look for it in a lot of different places or in a place where it is hidden. (BRIT INFORMAL) She nonetheless continued to ferret about for possible jobs... She ferreted among some papers. = search VERB: V about/around, V prep
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English furet, ~, from Anglo-French firet, furet, from Vulgar Latin *furittus, literally, little thief, diminutive of Latin fur thief — more at furtive Date: 14th century 1. a. a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat b. black-footed ~ 2. an active and persistent searcher • ~y adjective II. verb Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to hunt with ~s 2. to search about transitive verb 1. a. (1) to hunt (as rabbits) with ~s (2) to force out of hiding ; flush b. to find and bring to light by searching — usually used with out ~ out the answers 2. harry, worry • ~er noun III. noun Etymology: probably modification of Italian fioretti floss silk, from plural of fioretto, diminutive of fiore flower, from Latin flor-, flos — more at blow Date: 1649 a narrow cotton, silk, or wool tape — called also ~ing ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a small half-domesticated polecat, Mustela putorius furo, used in catching rabbits, rats, etc. 2 a person who searches assiduously. --v. 1 intr. hunt with ferrets. 2 intr. rummage; search about. 3 tr. (often foll. by about, away, out, etc.) a clear out (holes or an area of ground) with ferrets. b take or drive away (rabbits etc.) with ferrets. 4 tr. (foll. by out) search out (secrets, criminals, etc.). Derivatives ferreter n. ferrety adj. Etymology: ME f. OF fu(i)ret alt. f. fu(i)ron f. LL furo -onis f. L fur thief ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. зоол. хорек (Mustela furo) 2. разг. ищейка 3. упорный исследователь; человек, производящий разыскания (в какой-л. области); сыщик Id: ferret satellite —- спутник-шпион 4. охотиться с хорьком (обыкн. to go ferreting) 5. (from, out of) выгонять (из норы; также ferret off) 6. разыскивать, рыться, шарить (также ferret about) to ferret (about) in one's pockets —- шарить в карманах (в поисках чего-л.) to ferret about among old documents —- рыться в старых документах 7. преследовать, беспокоить his problems ferreted him day and night —- неприятности не давали ему покоя ни днем ни ночью 8. шелковая отделочная тесьма 9. плотная бумажная или шерстяная тесемка ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun хорек 2. v. 1) охотиться с хорьком (особ. to go ferreting); выгонять из норы (обыкн. ferret away, ferret out) 2) разнюхивать; рыться, шарить, выискивать (for, about) [ср. тж. ferret out ] Why are you ferreting about in my drawer? - ferret out II noun плотная бумажная, шерстяная или шелковая тесьма FERRET out вынюхивать; разведывать, разыскивать [ср. тж. ferret I 2) ] to ferret out a secret выведать тайну ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n a small animal with a pointed nose used to hunt rats and rabbits ~2 v 1 always + adv/prep informal to search for something inside a drawer, box etc by pushing things about + about/around/for (She ferreted about in her desk for a pen.) 2 to hunt rats and rabbits using a ferret ferret sth out phr v to succeed in finding a piece of information that is difficult to find (She managed to ferret out the details of her husband's affair.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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ocean sc. abbr. Interactive Data Display And Analysis System softw. abbr. Flexible Expert Retrieval Of Relevant English Text ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- c.1350, from O.Fr. fuiret, dim. of fuiron "weasel, ferret," lit. "thief," from L.L. furionem (related to furonem "cat," and also "thief"), probably from L. fur (gen. furis) "thief." The verb comes from the use of half-tame ferrets to kill rats and flush rabbits from burrows; the extended sense of "search out, discover" is 1580s. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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