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fetch·ing

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–adjective

charming; captivating.

[Origin: 1875–80; fetch + -ing²

]

—Related forms

fetch·ing·ly, adverb

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fetch¹ Audio Help   (fěch) Pronunciation Key
v.   fetched, fetch·ing, fetch·es

v.   tr.

To come or go after and take or bring back: The puppy fetched the stick that we had tossed.
1. To cause to come.
2. To bring in as a price: fetched a thousand dollars at auction.
3. To interest or attract.
4. To draw in (breath); inhale.
5. To bring forth (a sigh, for example) with obvious effort.
1. To draw in (breath); inhale.
2. To bring forth (a sigh, for example) with obvious effort.
Informal To deliver (a blow) by striking; deal.
Nautical To arrive at; reach: fetched port after a month at sea.

v. intr.

1. To go after something and return with it.
2. To retrieve killed game. Used of a hunting dog.
3. To hold a course.
4. To turn about; veer.
To take an indirect route.
Nautical
1. To hold a course.
2. To turn about; veer.

The act or an instance of fetching.
A stratagem or trick.
1. The distance over which a wind blows.
2. The distance traveled by waves with no obstruction.

Phrasal Verb(s):
fetch up

To reach a stopping place or goal; end up: "He went down and out at the same time and fetched up on his back clear in the middle of the room" (Madison Smart Bell).
To make up (lost time, for example).
To bring forth; produce.
To bring to a halt; stop.

[Middle English fecchen, from Old English feccean; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

fetch'er n.

fetch·ing Audio Help (fěch'ĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj. Very attractive; charming: a fetching new hairstyle.

fetch'ing·ly adv.

fetching
adjective
very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"

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