ferret+out
91disinter — I verb bare, bring from obscurity into view, bring out, deracinate, detect, dig out, dig up, dig up out of the earth, discover, disentomb, disinhume, display, draw forth, draw out, educe, effodere, elicit, eruere, evince, evoke, evulse, excavate …
92List of shibboleths — Below are listed various examples of shibboleths. Note that many apocryphal shibboleths exist, and that since, by definition, shibboleths rely on stereotypical pronunciation traits, they may not accurately describe the speech of all members of… …
93detect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. discover, find out, perceive, espy, ferret out. See learning, knowledge, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To find out] Syn. distinguish, recognize, identify; see discover . 2. [To identify a… …
94locate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To determine a location] Syn. discover, search out, find, come on, come across, meet with, position, ferret out, stumble on, discover the location of, get at, hit upon, light upon, come upon, happen upon, fix upon, lay one s …
95nose — I n. 1) to blow; wipe one s nose 2) to pick one s nose 3) an aquiline, Roman; bulbous; pug, snub, turned up nose 4) a bloody; running, runny nose (the child has a runny nose) 5) through the nose (to breathe through the nose) 6) a nose bleeds;… …
96secret — I adj. 1) strictly secret 2) most; top secret 3) to keep smt. secret (from smb.) II n. 1) to make a secret of smt. 2) to guard, keep a secret 3) to betray, blurt out, divulge, reveal a secret 4) to ferret out, uncover a secret 5) a closely… …
97discover — dis·cov·er vt 1: to find out about, recognize, or realize for the first time when the victim discover s the fraud see also discovery rule 2 a: to make the subject of discovery b: to learn of or obtain (informa …
98trace — I (delineate) verb copy, define, describe, designare, detail, draw, duplicate, explain, go over, mark out, reproduce, set forth, sketch II (follow) verb chase, detect, ensue, ferret out, hound, hunt out, inquire, investigare, investigate odorari …
99fossick — verb Etymology: English dialect fossick to ferret out Date: 1852 intransitive verb 1. Australian & New Zealand to search for gold or gemstones typically by picking over abandoned workings 2. chiefly Australian & New Zealand to search about ;… …
100Carlsbad Decrees — resolutions adopted by the ministers of nine German states at a meeting called at Carlsbad in 1819 by Prince Metternich: aim was the suppression of revolutionary activities esp. in the universities. * * * (Aug. 6–31, 1819) Resolutions issued by… …
