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verb (used with object)
1.
to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
2.
to cause to come; bring: to fetch a doctor.
3.
to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.): The horse fetched $50 more than it cost.
4.
Informal. to charm; captivate: Her beauty fetched the coldest hearts.
5.
EXPANDto take (a breath).
verb (used without object)
11.
to go and bring things.
12.
Chiefly Nautical. to move or maneuver.
13.
Hunting. to retrieve game (often used as a command to a dog).
14.
to go by an indirect route; circle (often followed by around or about): We fetched around through the outer suburbs.
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Fetch up
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noun
Verb phrases15.
the act of fetching.
16.
the distance of fetching: a long fetch.
17.
Oceanography.
a.
an area where ocean waves are being generated by the wind.
b.
the length of such an area.
18.
the reach or stretch of a thing.
19.
a trick; dodge.
20.
fetch about, Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to come onto a new tack.
21.
Idiomfetch up,
a.
Informal. to arrive or stop.
b.
Older Use. to raise (children); bring up: She had to fetch up her younger sisters.
c.
Nautical. (of a vessel) to come to a halt, as by lowering an anchor or running aground; bring up.
22.
fetch and carry, to perform menial tasks.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English fecchen, Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian to fetch (compare Middle English feten, fetten, British dialect fet; akin to Old English -fat in sīthfat journey, German fassen to grasp)
before 1000; Middle English fecchen, Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian to fetch (compare Middle English feten, fetten, British dialect fet; akin to Old English -fat in sīthfat journey, German fassen to grasp)
Related forms
fetch·er, noun
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| fetch up | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | informal (intr; |
| 2. | (intr) nautical to stop suddenly, as from running aground: to fetch up on a rock |
| 3. | slang to vomit (food, etc) |
| 4. | dialect (Brit) (tr) to rear (children, animals, etc) |
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Word Origin & History
fetch
O.E. feccan, apparently a variant of fetian, fatian "to fetch, bring, to marry," probably from P.Gmc. *fatojanan (cf. O.N. feta "to find one's way," O.H.G. sih faggon "to mount, climb"), related to O.E. fot "foot." Variant form fet, a derivation of the older O.E. version of the word, survived as a competitor
EXPANDuntil 17c. Related: Fetched.
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