"ferreting" meaning in English

See ferreting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ferretings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ferreting (countable and uncountable, plural ferretings)
  1. Hunting with ferrets. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-ferreting-en-noun-5F~x5RpW Disambiguation of Hunting: 64 13 23
  2. ferret (tape used to tie documents) Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ferreting-en-noun-akS7d9no

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ferreting
  1. present participle and gerund of ferret Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: ferret
    Sense id: en-ferreting-en-verb-8xaw-wG4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 7 67

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ferreting meaning in English (1.6kB)

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