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# ferret

«ferret» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A small, long, thin furry animal related to the weasel…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a ferret, ferrets); verb (ferret, ferrets, ferreted, ferreting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small, long, thin furry animal related to the weasel, kept as a pet or once used to chase rabbits out of their holes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/#m1)

2) (verb) To ferret around or about is to search busily for something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/#m2)

3) To ferret out is to find something out by careful searching. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The word is used for an unclean animal in the old translation, probably a wild creature of ruins; the exact animal is uncertain. Interpretation: Isaiah pictures Babylon as a ruin where only wild animals live. Tradition reads this as a sign of total desolation after God's judgment. In the primary lessons: In nature topics, ferrets are playful pets that sleep a lot. In history and countryside stories, people used ferrets to hunt rabbits. In everyday talk, ferret about in a drawer means rummage. Phrases: ferret around, ferret out the truth.

### examples

- But wild-cats shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of ferrets; and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. (Prophets ISA.13.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/#x1)
- Our neighbour has two pet ferrets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/#x2)
- The ferret squeezed into the rabbit hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/#x3)
- Ferrets sleep for many hours a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/#x4)
- She ferreted around in her bag for her keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/#x5)
- The detective ferreted out the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/#x6)
- A baby ferret is called a kit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/#x7)
- Let a woman alone, in the meantime, for ferreting or wheedling a secret out of her good man, when she wishes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: ferreted. In New Zealand, ferrets are a pest that kills native birds, and keeping them as pets is not allowed.

### In the corpora

- [Well might the ferrets rush wildly for the fireplace and get hopelessly jammed in the chimney!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ferret» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/ferret/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.