fetch1
v.
- go for and bring back.
- achieve (a particular price) when sold.
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(fetch up)
informal arrive or come to rest.
- informal inflict (a blow) on.
- archaic bring forth (blood or tears).
▸take (a breath).
n.
- the distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.
▸the distance a vessel must sail to reach open water.
- an act of fetching.
- archaic a stratagem or trick.
Phrase
- fetch and carry
perform a succession of menial tasks for someone.
Derivative
Etymology
OE fecc(e)an, var. of fetian, prob. rel. to fatian ‘grasp’, of Gmc origin.
fetch2
n.
the apparition or double of a living person, formerly believed to be a warning of that person's impending death.
Etymology
C17: of unknown origin.