| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun ferret.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (ferret) |
1. Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct.[Wordnet]. 2. Domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits.[Wordnet]. 3. Ferret of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct.[Wordnet]. 4. An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.[Websters]. 5. A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.[Websters]. 6. The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb ferret.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (ferret) |
1. Hound or harry relentlessly.[Wordnet]. 2. Hunt with ferrets.[Wordnet]. 3. Search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth".[Wordnet]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: ferreting, ferreted, ferrets, ferreter, ferreters, ferretingly and ferretedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Ferrets" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1746. (references) |
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| Health | Semidomesticated variety of European polecat much used for hunting rodents and/or rabbits and as a laboratory animal. (references) | ||
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| Ferocious Ferrets | Ferocious Ferrets is a Rock and roll band from Rochester, New York. The Ferrets started recording their debut album, "Ferocious Ferrets Fight Fuzzy Dice" in July 2005. The first single, "Who's the Bad Guy Now?" is set to be released in the late summer or autumn of 2005 and is already circulating on the Internet via Peer-to-peer software. (references) | ||
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| The Ferrets (band) | 20 | The Ferrets (band) | 20 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bohemian | fretky (ferrets), čmuchal (ferret, smeller, demon, fly cop, bloodhound). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | fretky (ferrets), čmuchal (ferret, smeller, demon, fly cop, bloodhound). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 白鼬 (ferrets, miniver, stoat, stoating). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 白鼬 (ferrets, miniver, stoat, stoating, ferret). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | fretky (ferrets), čmuchal (ferret, smeller, demon, fly cop, bloodhound). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Spürt auf (ferrets, detect, detects), Rute (rod, switch, penis, pizzle, rood), Lauscher (eavesdropper, ear, ferrets ears). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | hillerit ja fretit (ferrets). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | furets (ferrets). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | furets (ferrets). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Spürt auf (ferrets, detect, detects), Rute (rod, switch, penis, pizzle, rood), Lauscher (eavesdropper, ear, ferrets ears). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Spürt auf (ferrets, detect, detects), Rute (rod, switch, penis, pizzle, rood), Lauscher (eavesdropper, ear, ferrets ears). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Spürt auf (ferrets, detect, detects), Rute (rod, switch, penis, pizzle, rood), Lauscher (eavesdropper, ear, ferrets ears). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | hillerit ja fretit (ferrets). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | hillerit ja fretit (ferrets). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), ferrets. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
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