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ferret out

ferret out verb: to discover something after searching.

Verb

ferret out (third-person singular simple present ferrets out, present participle ferreting out, simple past and past participle ferreted out)

  1. (transitive) To discover something after searching.
    • Near-synonyms: dig out, sniff out
    Synonyms:
    dig out, sniff out

ferret out meaning in Tamil

ferret out in Tamil

to ferret out; rummage, probe
துருவு turuvu

Synonyms of ferret out

Forms of ferret out

third-person singular presentferrets out
present participleferreting out
past participleferreted out
pastferreted out

Questions about ferret out

What does ferret out mean?
Ferret out means to discover something after searching.
What is ferret out in Tamil?
Ferret out in Tamil is துருவு (turuvu). See Ferret out meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ferret out?
Ferret out is a verb.
What is the past tense of ferret out?
The past tense of ferret out is ferreted out.

Words near ferret out in the dictionary

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  5. ferret around
  6. ferret out
  7. ferret-badger
  8. ferret-badgers
  9. ferret-face
  10. ferret-faced
  11. ferret-faces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ferret out (page history and authors); துருவு (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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