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{"id": "ferret", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "ferret", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "ferreter", "text": "ferreter"}, {"id": "ferrety", "text": "ferrety"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["late Middle English: from Old French fuiret, alteration of fuiron, based on late Latin furo \u2018thief, ferret\u2019, from Latin fur \u2018thief\u2019"], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/ferret_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u02c8f\u025br\u026at"}], "senses": [{"crossReferenceMarkers": ["See polecat-ferret"], "crossReferences": [{"id": "polecat-ferret", "text": "polecat-ferret", "type": "see also"}], "definitions": ["a domesticated polecat used chiefly for catching rabbits. It is typically albino in coloration, but sometimes brown."], "domainClasses": [{"id": "mammal", "text": "Mammal"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0357270.006", "notes": [{"text": "Mustela furo, family Mustelidae; descended mainly from the European polecat", "type": "technicalNote"}], "semanticClasses": [{"id": "mustelid", "text": "Mustelid"}], "shortDefinitions": ["domesticated polecat"]}, {"constructions": [{"text": "ferret around"}], "definitions": ["an assiduous search for something"], "examples": [{"text": "he had a quick ferret around"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0357270.011", "semanticClasses": [{"id": "investigation", "text": "Investigation"}], "shortDefinitions": ["assiduous search"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "search"}, {"language": "en", "text": "nose"}, {"language": "en", "text": "look"}, {"language": "en", "text": "prowl"}, {"language": "en", "text": "ferret"}, {"language": "en", "text": "poke"}, {"language": "en", "text": "exploration"}, {"language": "en", "text": "investigation"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "snoop", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0013724.003"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "noun", "text": "Noun"}, "text": "ferret"}, {"derivatives": [{"id": "ferreter", "text": "ferreter"}, {"id": "ferrety", "text": "ferrety"}], "entries": [{"inflections": [{"inflectedForm": "ferrets"}, {"inflectedForm": "ferreting"}, {"inflectedForm": "ferreted"}], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/ferret_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u02c8f\u025br\u026at"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["(of a person) hunt with ferrets, typically for rabbits"], "examples": [{"text": "I could show you how to ferret for rabbits"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0357270.022", "notes": [{"text": "no object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["hunt with ferrets"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["clear (a hole or area of ground) of rabbits with ferrets."], "id": "m_en_gbus0357270.028", "notes": [{"text": "with object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["use ferrets to clear area of rabbits"]}]}, {"definitions": ["rummage about in a place or container in search of something"], "examples": [{"text": "he shambled over to the desk and ferreted around"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0357270.030", "notes": [{"text": "no object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["rummage about for something"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["discover information by means of an assiduous search or investigation"], "examples": [{"text": "she had the ability to ferret out the facts"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0357270.031", "notes": [{"text": "with object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}, {"text": "\"ferret something out\"", "type": "wordFormNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["discover information by assiduous search etc."], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "unearth"}, {"language": "en", "text": "uncover"}, {"language": "en", "text": "discover"}, {"language": "en", "text": "detect"}, {"language": "en", "text": "search out"}, {"language": "en", "text": "elicit"}, {"language": "en", "text": "bring to light"}, {"language": "en", "text": "bring into the open"}, {"language": "en", "text": "reveal"}, {"language": "en", "text": "get at"}, {"language": "en", "text": "run to earth"}, {"language": "en", "text": "track down"}, {"language": "en", "text": "turn up"}, {"language": "en", "text": "dig up"}, {"language": "en", "text": "dig out"}, {"language": "en", "text": "root out"}, {"language": "en", "text": "hunt out"}, {"language": "en", "text": "fish out"}, {"language": "en", "text": "nose out"}, {"language": "en", "text": "sniff out"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "ferret", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0005581.002"}]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "rummage"}, {"language": "en", "text": "search about"}, {"language": "en", "text": "scrabble around"}, {"language": "en", "text": "feel around"}, {"language": "en", "text": "grope around"}, {"language": "en", "text": "forage around"}, {"language": "en", "text": "fish about"}, {"language": "en", "text": "fish around"}, {"language": "en", "text": "poke about"}, {"language": "en", "text": "poke around"}, {"language": "en", "text": "scratch about"}, {"language": "en", "text": "scratch around"}, {"language": "en", "text": "delve"}, {"language": "en", "text": "dig"}, {"language": "en", "text": "hunt"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "ferret", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0005581.001"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "verb", "text": "Verb"}, "text": "ferret"}], "type": "headword", "word": "ferret"}], "word": "ferret"}
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