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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈfetcher /ˈfɛtʃə/ n - a person or animal that fetches
- informal a flanker who specializes in winning the ball rather than running with it
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fetch1 /fɛtʃ/USA pronunciation v. - to go and bring back;
return with; get: [~ + object]to fetch a glass of water.[no object]She taught the dog to fetch. - to cause to come;
bring:[~ + object]Go fetch a doctor. - to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.):[~ + object]The horse fetched more money than it cost.
Idioms- Idioms fetch and carry, [no object] to perform menial tasks:I was pretty bored, fetching and carrying all day at the bazaar.
fetch•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fetch1 (fech),USA pronunciation v.t. - 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 Termsto charm;
captivate:Her beauty fetched the coldest hearts. - to take (a breath).
- to utter (a sigh, groan, etc.).
- to deal or deliver (a stroke, blow, etc.).
- to perform or execute (a movement, step, leap, etc.).
- Nautical, British Terms, Naval Terms[Chiefly Naut. and Brit. Dial.]to reach;
arrive at:to fetch port. - Sport[Hunting.](of a dog) to retrieve (game).
v.i. - to go and bring things.
- Nautical, Naval Terms[Chiefly Naut.]to move or maneuver.
- Sport[Hunting.]to retrieve game (often used as a command to a dog).
- to go by an indirect route;
circle (often fol. by around or about):We fetched around through the outer suburbs. - Nautical, Naval Terms fetch about, (of a sailing vessel) to come onto a new tack.
- Idioms fetch and carry, to perform menial tasks.
- fetch up:
- Informal Termsto arrive or stop.
- Slang Terms[Older Use.]to raise (children);
bring up:She had to fetch up her younger sisters. - Naval Terms[Naut.](of a vessel) to come to a halt, as by lowering an anchor or running aground;
bring up.
n. - the act of fetching.
- the distance of fetching:a long fetch.
- [Oceanog.]
- an area where ocean waves are being generated by the wind.
- the length of such an area.
- the reach or stretch of a thing.
- a trick;
dodge.
- bef. 1000; Middle English fecchen, Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian to fetch (compare Middle English feten, fetten, Brit. dialect, dialectal fet; akin to Old English -fat in sīthfat journey, German fassen to grasp)
fetch′er, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See bring.
fetch2 (fech),USA pronunciation n. - wraith (def. 1).
- perh. short for fetch-life one sent to fetch the soul of a dying person 1780–90
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