Crossword clues for ferreted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ferret \Fer"ret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ferreting.] [Cf. F. fureter. See Ferret, n.] To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret.
Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: ferret)
Usage examples of "ferreted".
Sheridan said they had none, but Hezekiah, forever optimistic, ferreted into the bottom of the transmog chest.
How long before you ferreted out the secrets of the jordaini class, before you found your mother?
When he heard she had fought to release the laraken upon Halruaa's wizards, he wouldn't rest until he ferreted out the rest of her plans.
She was a stranger to most of them, and not many years had passed since Laerel first ferreted out their ties.
Just when their plans were maturing, Nevyn ferreted them out and in one ugly summer destroyed much of their work.
The schematic Kilgour had ferreted out of a reference library showed a very dull, functional structure.
She had ferreted out confirmation of those few hints from local gossip and legend, augmented by half remembered stories Gran had told her.
I had ferreted out the names of almost every servitor and retainer in the princess’ household.
Still, Feeney, with his electronic expertise, had ferreted out some of Roarke's closer business associates, and none had wanted to risk offending someone of Roarke's stature with a refusal.
Poor old Boomer ferreted it out -- my connection from the Eden Colony.
However, your father had ferreted out a far more subversive group, hiding deep below the surface of both our societies, and it was these people he recruited me to help him destroy.