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- Dictionaryfetch/fɛtʃ/
verb
- 1. go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone: "he ran to fetch help" Similar
- 2. achieve (a particular price) when sold: "the land could fetch over a million pounds" Similar
noun
- 1. the distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.
- 2. a stratagem or trick. archaic
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Fetch means to go to another place to get something or someone and return with the thing or the person. We use it for people and things that are not here but that we need or are due to be here. We can usually use get instead of fetch: …
Fetch definition: to go and bring back; return with; get. See examples of FETCH used in a sentence.
1. a. : to go or come after and bring or take back. fetch a doctor. b. : derive, deduce. fetch analogies from nature. 2. a. : to cause to come. one shot fetched down. b. : to bring in (a price or similar return) : realize. The hogs fetched a good price at the market. c. : interest, attract. … he doesn't fetch the girls like William …
If you fetch something or someone, you go and get them from the place where they are.
v.tr. 1. To come or go after and take or bring back: The puppy fetched the stick that I had tossed. 2. a. To cause to come. b. To bring in as a price: fetched a thousand dollars at auction. c. To interest or attract. 3. a. To draw in (breath); inhale. b. To bring forth (a sigh, for example) with obvious effort. 4.
Definitions of fetch. verb. go or come after and bring or take back. “The dog fetched the hat” synonyms: bring, convey, get. bring, convey, take. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere. see more. verb. take away or remove. “The devil will fetch you!” see more. noun. the action of fetching. see more. verb. be sold for a certain price.
Definition of fetch verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dictionary Meanings. Fetch Definition. fĕch. fetched, fetches, fetchest. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Verb. Noun. Adjective. Idiom. Filter. verb. fetched, fetches. To go after and come back with; bring; get. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cause to come; produce; elicit. Webster's New World.
Fetch definition: to go and bring back; return with; get. See examples of FETCH used in a sentence.
Jun 2, 2024 · fetch (plural fetches) (also figuratively) An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance . ( computing, specifically) An act of fetching data . a fetch from a cache. The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
