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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "ferrets out",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ferreting out",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ferreted out",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ferreted out",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "*"
},
"expansion": "ferret out (third-person singular simple present ferrets out, present participle ferreting out, simple past and past participle ferreted out)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To discover something after searching."
],
"id": "en-ferret_out-en-verb-8KJfcE2u",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To discover something after searching."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dig out"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"word": "débusquer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"word": "mettre la main sur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"word": "dénicher"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xetrypóno",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"word": "ξετρυπώνω"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vynjúxivatʹ",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выню́хивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výnjuxatʹ",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́нюхать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raznjúxivatʹ",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разню́хивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raznjúxatʹ",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разню́хать"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"word": "izrondati"
}
]
}
],
"word": "ferret out"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "ferrets out",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ferreting out",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ferreted out",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ferreted out",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "*"
},
"expansion": "ferret out (third-person singular simple present ferrets out, present participle ferreting out, simple past and past participle ferreted out)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
"English transitive verbs",
"English verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To discover something after searching."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To discover something after searching."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dig out"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"word": "débusquer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"word": "mettre la main sur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"word": "dénicher"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xetrypóno",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"word": "ξετρυπώνω"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vynjúxivatʹ",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выню́хивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výnjuxatʹ",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́нюхать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raznjúxivatʹ",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разню́хивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raznjúxatʹ",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разню́хать"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to discover something after searching",
"word": "izrondati"
}
],
"word": "ferret out"
}
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