fetch

1 of 3

verb

ˈfech

fetched; fetching; fetches

transitive verb

: to go or come after and bring or take back

fetch a doctor

: derive, deduce

fetch analogies from nature

: to cause to come

one shot fetched down

: to bring in (a price or similar return) : realize

The hogs fetched a good price at the market.

: interest, attract

… he doesn't fetch the girls like William …

D. H. Lawrence

: to give (a blow) by striking : deal

fetch him a clip on the chin

chiefly dialectal : bring about, accomplish

c(1)

: to take in : draw

sat fetching her breath in dry sobs

Ngaio Marsh

(2)

: to bring forth : heave

fetch a sigh

: to reach by sailing especially against the wind or tide

fetch the harbor before the storm breaks

: to arrive at : reach

fetched home after a long ride

intransitive verb

: to get and bring something

specifically : to retrieve killed game

: to take a roundabout way : circle

: to hold a course on a body of water

fetch to windward

: veer

fetcher noun

fetch

2 of 3

noun (1)

: trick, stratagem

: an act or instance of fetching

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

: the distance traversed by waves without obstruction

fetch

3 of 3

noun (2)

: doppelgänger sense 2

fetches 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of fetch

as in schemes

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end his latest fetch to win back his girlfriend smacks of desperation

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

schemes
ruses
devices
juggles
tricks
dodges
plays
jigs
stratagems
flimflams
shenanigans
bluffs
knacks
gambits
wiles
sleights of hand
sleights
artifices
gimmicks
cunnings
ploys
juggleries
end runs
duplicities
feints
crafts
duperies
chicaneries
trickeries
deceptions
swindles
cozenages
subterfuges
fakeries
skulduggeries
legerdemains
smoke screens
crookeries
hoaxes
skullduggeries
blinds
frauds
gaffs
fronts
shams

fetches

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of fetch

as in pictures

something or someone that strongly resembles another with its standard assortment of chain stores and central food court, the new mall is pretty much the fetch of 1,000 other malls

Synonyms & Similar Words

pictures
replicas
images
twins
clones
doubles
spits
duplicates
portraits
mirror images
counterparts
duplications
carbon copies
alter egos
matches
equivalents
facsimiles
spitting images
carbons
likenesses
ringers
equals
doppelgängers
look-alikes
doppelgangers
portrayals
companions
effigies
Chinese copies
parallels
mates
analogues
fellows
analogs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

reverses
opposites
antitheses
converses

fetches

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of fetch

as in costs

to have a price of those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques

Synonyms & Similar Words

costs
brings
runs
asks
sells (for)
totals
commands
exacts
demands
goes (for)
lists (for)
amounts (to)
comes (to)

单词	fetches
释义	fetch 1 of 3 verb ˈfech fetched; fetching; fetches transitive verb 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 … D. H. Lawrence 3 a : to give (a blow) by striking : deal fetch him a clip on the chin b chiefly dialectal : bring about, accomplish c(1) : to take in : draw sat fetching her breath in dry sobs Ngaio Marsh (2) : to bring forth : heave fetch a sigh 4 a : to reach by sailing especially against the wind or tide fetch the harbor before the storm breaks b : to arrive at : reach fetched home after a long ride 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 fetch to windward b : veer fetcher noun fetch 2 of 3 noun (1) 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 fetch 3 of 3 noun (2) : doppelgänger sense 2 Synonyms Verb bring cost go (for) run sell (for) Noun (1) artifice device dodge flimflam gambit gimmick jig juggle knack play ploy ruse scheme shenanigan sleight stratagem trick wile Noun (2) alter ego carbon carbon copy clone counterpart doppelgänger doppelganger double duplicate duplication facsimile image likeness look-alike match mirror image picture replica ringer spit spitting image twin See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb If you throw the ball the dog will fetch it. Hunting dogs are trained to fetch. This table should fetch quite a bit at auction. The house fetched more than we expected. Word History Etymology Verb and Noun (1) Middle English fecchen, from Old English fetian, feccan; perhaps akin to Old English fōt foot — more at foot Noun (2) origin unknown First Known Use Verb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a Noun (1) circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun (2) circa 1787, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing fetch fetch and carry fetch up fetch and carry fetch up Kids Definition fetch verb ˈfech fetched; fetching 1 : to go after and bring back 2 : to bring as a price : sell for The artwork will fetch a high price. fetches 1 of 3 noun (1) plural of fetch as in schemes a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end his latest fetch to win back his girlfriend smacks of desperation Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance schemes ruses devices juggles tricks dodges plays jigs stratagems flimflams shenanigans bluffs knacks gambits wiles sleights of hand sleights artifices gimmicks cunnings ploys juggleries end runs duplicities feints crafts duperies chicaneries trickeries deceptions swindles cozenages subterfuges fakeries skulduggeries legerdemains smoke screens crookeries hoaxes skullduggeries blinds frauds gaffs fronts shams fetches 2 of 3 noun (2) plural of fetch as in pictures something or someone that strongly resembles another with its standard assortment of chain stores and central food court, the new mall is pretty much the fetch of 1,000 other malls Synonyms & Similar Words pictures replicas images twins clones doubles spits duplicates portraits mirror images counterparts duplications carbon copies alter egos matches equivalents facsimiles spitting images carbons likenesses ringers equals doppelgängers look-alikes doppelgangers portrayals companions effigies Chinese copies parallels mates analogues fellows analogs Antonyms & Near Antonyms reverses opposites antitheses converses fetches 3 of 3 verb present tense third-person singular of fetch as in costs to have a price of those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques Synonyms & Similar Words costs brings runs asks sells (for) totals commands exacts demands goes (for) lists (for) amounts (to) comes (to)
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fetch

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Phrases Containing fetch

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