fetch

¹fetch

verb \ˈfech\

Definition of FETCH

transitive verb

1

a : to go or come after and bring or take back <fetch a doctor>

b : derive, deduce

2

a : to cause to come

b : to bring in (as a price) : realize

c : interest, attract

3

a : to give (a blow) by striking : deal

b chiefly dialect : bring about, accomplish

c (1) : to take in (as a breath) : draw (2) : to bring forth (as a sound) : heave <fetch a sigh>

4

a : to reach by sailing especially against the wind or tide

b : to arrive at : reach

intransitive verb

1

: to get and bring something; specifically : to retrieve killed game

2

: to take a roundabout way : circle

3

a : to hold a course on a body of water

b : veer

— fetch·er noun

Examples of FETCH

1. If you throw the ball the dog will fetch it.
2. Hunting dogs are trained to fetch.
3. This table should fetch quite a bit at auction.
4. The house fetched more than we expected.

Origin of FETCH

Middle English fecchen, from Old English fetian, feccan; perhaps akin to Old English fōt foot — more at foot

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to FETCH

Synonyms

bring, cost, go (for), run, sell (for)

Related Words

list (for); amount (to), come (to), total; command, exact; ask, demand

Rhymes with FETCH

catch, etch, fletch, ketch, kvetch, lech, letch, retch, sketch, stretch, vetch, wretch

²fetch

noun

Definition of FETCH

1

: trick, stratagem

2

: an act or instance of fetching

3

a : the distance along open water or land over which the wind blows

b : the distance traversed by waves without obstruction

First Known Use of FETCH

circa 1530

³fetch

noun

Definition of FETCH

: doppelgänger 1

Origin of FETCH

origin unknown

First Known Use: circa 1787

Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith