0 past simple and past participle of ferret --
1 to search for something by moving things around with your hands, especially in a drawer, bag, or other closed space: --
But they will be ferreted out.
He ferreted in his pocket and produced some combinations, opened the doors and invited us in to see that the safe space was too large for his needs.
I hope that sooner or later the facts are ferreted out and are subjected to the fullest possible public scrutiny.
I have said that it is not in the public interest that private matters of this kind should be ferreted out and discussed in public.
I have ferreted away, trying to find the capabilities that must be retained for national security reasons.
By the time one restrictive practice has been ferreted out into the light of day, and ceremonially unscrambled, another is devised.
What sort of problem is this that has suddenly been ferreted out in the midst of the procedure?
Very often, the information that one needs has to be ferreted out.
