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fetch1 /fech/ transitive verb- To bring
- To go and get
- To be sold for (a certain price)
- To cause to come
- To call forth
- To draw (eg blood, breath)
- To achieve control over, to take
- To derive
- To reach or attain
- To utter (a sigh or groan)
- To administer (a blow, etc, usu with indirect object)
intransitive verb- To make one's way
- To arrive
- To be effective
noun- An act of bringing
- The distance travelled by a wind or wave without obstruction
- A stratagem (archaic)
ORIGIN: OE feccan, appar an altered form of fetian to fetch; cf Ger fassen to seize fetchˈer noun fetchˈing adjective - Fascinating, charming
- 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 - To bring out of danger or difficulty
- To make away with (Shakespeare)
- To fleece (Shakespeare)
fetch out To draw forth or develop fetch up - To recover
- To come to a stop (informal)
- To bring up, rear (eg children) (US)
- To vomit (informal)
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