fetch

fetch
v
1. get, go for or after, go get, Hunting. retrieve; capture, seize, grasp, bag, snatch; grip, grab, lay hold of, collar; catch, entrap, ensnare.
2. bring, deliver, conduct, escort, usher, guide, lead; convey, transport, carry.
3. sell for, cost, bring in, bring as a price, yield, afford.
4.Informal. captivate, fascinate, enchant, bewitch, allure; delight, titillate, tantalize, carry away.
5. perform, execute, carry out, accomplish, effect, achieve, do; discharge, fulfill, consummate.
6. fetch and carry
do the dirty work, perform menial tasks, do service, wait on or upon.
n
7. extent, expanse, reach, stretch, area, range, span.
8. trick, wile, ruse, artifice, stratagem; device, contrivance, expedient, Inf. dodge, subterfuge, blind; maneuver, feint, deception, sleight, coup; shift, move, evasion, shuffle.

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  • Fetch — (f[e^]ch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fetched} 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fetching}.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. [root]77. Cf. {Fet}, v. t.] 1. To bear toward the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fetch — [ fetʃ ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at an AUCTION (=sale where goods are sold to the person offering the most money): The painting is expected to fetch up to $220,000. 2. ) OLD FASHIONED to go… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Fetch — may refer to: * Fetch (geography), the length of water over which a given wind has blown * Fetch (game), a game played between a human and a pet in which the human throws an object for the pet to catch and/or retrieve * Fetch (FTP client), a… …   Wikipedia

  • fetch — ● fetch, fetches nom masculin (anglais fetch) En hydrologie, synonyme de course. ● fetch, fetches (synonymes) nom masculin (anglais fetch) Synonymes : course fetch …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fetch — fetch, v. i. To bring one s self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Totten. [1913 Webster] {To fetch away} (Naut.), to break loose; to roll or slide to leeward. {To fetch and carry}, to serve obsequiously, like a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fetch — Fetch, n. 1. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice. [1913 Webster] Every little fetch of wit and criticism. South. [1913 Webster] 2. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fetch — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Un fetch es un doble sobrenatural, aparición o fantasma de una persona viva en el folklore irlandés. Es en gran parte semejante al doppelganger. Francis Grose escribió en su Provincial Glossary (1787) que el término… …   Wikipedia Español

  • fetch — ► VERB 1) go for and bring back. 2) cause to come to a place. 3) achieve (a particular price) when sold. 4) (fetch up) informal arrive or come to rest. 5) informal inflict (a blow) on. 6) archaic bring forth (blood or tears) …   English terms dictionary

  • fetch — fetch1 [fech] vt. [ME fecchen < OE feccan, earlier fetian < IE * pedyo (extension of base * ped , FOOT) > Ger fassen, to grasp] 1. to go after and come back with; bring; get 2. to cause to come; produce; elicit 3. to draw (a breath) or… …   English World dictionary

  • fetch — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS geogr., mar. in oceanografia, l area di mare o di lago sulla quale spira un vento di direzione costante generando onde {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XX. ETIMO: der. di (to) fetch raggiungere, navigare …   Dizionario italiano

  • fetch — fetch; fetch·ing·ly; …   English syllables

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