Usually means: Searched out and discovered hidden.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word ferreted:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. ferreted: Merriam-Webster
  2. ferreted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ferreted: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ferreted: Vocabulary.com
  5. ferreted: Wordnik
  6. ferreted: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. ferreted: Wiktionary
  8. Ferreted, ferreted: Dictionary.com
  9. Ferreted: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Ferreted: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. ferreted: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. ferreted: FreeDictionary.org
  13. ferreted: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ferreted: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ferreted: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ferreted: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ferreted: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See ferret as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ferret)

noun:  An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
noun:  A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes).
noun:  (figurative) A diligent searcher.
verb:  To hunt game with ferrets.
verb:  (by extension, ambitransitive) To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.
noun:  (dated) A tape of silk, cotton, or ribbon, used to tie documents, clothing, etc. or along the edge of fabric.
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