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- DictionaryFetch/feCH/
verb
- 1. go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone: "he ran to fetch help"
- 2. achieve (a particular price) when sold: "handwoven blankets and rugs that can fetch as much as $45,000"
noun
- 1. the distance traveled by wind or waves across open water.
- 2. a contrivance, dodge, or trick: archaic "it is no ingenious fetches of argument that we want"
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 …
to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water. to cause to come; bring: to fetch a doctor. to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.): The horse fetched $50 more than it cost. Informal Terms to charm; captivate: Her beauty fetched the coldest hearts.
transitive verb. inflections: fetches, fetching, fetched. definition 1: to go for (something) and bring back, or cause (a person) to come; get. The plumber's fetching some tools from his truck. We need someone to fetch a doctor.
Factsheet. What does the noun fetch mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun fetch, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. fetch has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. nautical (mid 1500s) hunting (mid 1600s) Entry status.
in English. fetch. Thesaurus > to have a certain monetary value > fetch. These are words and phrases related to fetch. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of fetch.
noun. The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts. verb. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing (nautical) "To fetch headway or sternway" noun. An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves. verb.
