fetch¹ /fech/

1. To bring
2. To go and get
3. To be sold for (a certain price)
4. To cause to come
5. To call forth
6. To draw (eg blood, breath)
7. To achieve control over, to take
8. To derive
9. To reach or attain
10. To utter (a sigh or groan)
11. To administer (a blow, etc, usu with indirect object)

1. To make one's way
2. To arrive
3. To be effective

1. An act of bringing
2. The distance travelled by a wind or wave without obstruction
3. A stratagem (archaic)

fetchˈer noun

fetchˈing adjective

1. Fascinating, charming
2. Attractive

fetch a compass or circuit

To go round in a wide curve

fetch and carry

To perform humble services for another person

fetch a pump

To pour water in so as to make it draw

fetch off

1. To bring out of danger or difficulty
2. To make away with (Shakespeare)
3. To fleece (Shakespeare)

fetch out

To draw forth or develop

fetch up

1. To recover
2. To come to a stop (informal)
3. To bring up, rear (eg children) (US)
4. To vomit (informal)

fetch² /fech/ (archaic)

The apparition, double or ghost of a living person

fetchˈ-candle noun

A nocturnal light, supposed to portend a death

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