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   Fetch

   /feCH/

   

   verb

   • 1. go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone: "he ran to fetch help" Similar getgo and getgo forcall forsummonpick upcollectbringcarrydeliverconveyferrytransportescortconductleadusher in
   • ▪ bring forth (blood or tears): archaic "kind offers fetched tears from me"
   • ▪ draw or take a (breath); heave (a sigh). archaic
   • 2. achieve (a particular price) when sold: "handwoven blankets and rugs that can fetch as much as $45,000" Similar sell forbring inraiserealizeyieldmakeearncommandcostbe priced atcome toamount toinformal:go forset one backpull inrake inknock someone back
   • 3. inflict (a blow or slap) on (someone): informal "he always used to slam the gate and try and fetch her shins a wallop"
   • 4. cause great interest or delight in (someone): informal, dated "Nadine thought his deductions were good, but she was not as fetched by them as Larry was"

   noun

   • 1. the distance traveled by wind or waves across open water.
   • ▪ the distance a vessel must sail to reach open water.
   • 2. a contrivance, dodge, or trick: archaic "it is no ingenious fetches of argument that we want"

   Word Origin Old Englishfecc(e)an, variant of fetian, probably related to fatian ‘grasp’, of Germanic origin and related to German fassen.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fetcher noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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