Fetch

[fetʃ] or [fɛtʃ]

Definition

(noun.) the action of fetching.

(verb.) take away or remove; 'The devil will fetch you!'.

(verb.) be sold for a certain price; 'The painting brought $10,000'; 'The old print fetched a high price at the auction'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.

(v. t.) To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.

(v. t.) To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to.

(v. t.) To reduce; to throw.

(v. t.) To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.

(v. t.) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.

(v. t.) To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.

(v. i.) To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The apparation of a living person; a wraith.

Typed by Darla

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Bring (when one goes for the purpose of bringing), go and bring.[2]. Perform, make, effect.[3]. Sell for.[4]. (Naut.) Reach, attain, arrive at, come to, get to.

n. Trick, artifice, ruse, stratagem, dodge, sharp practice.

Checked by Evita

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See BRING]

Edited by Lester

Definition

n. the apparition double or wraith of a living person.—n. Fetch′-can′dle a nocturnal light supposed to portend a death.

v.t. to bring: to go and get: to obtain as its price: to accomplish in any way: to bring down to cause to yield: to reach or attain.—v.i. to turn: (naut.) to arrive at.—n. the act of bringing: space carried over: a stratagem.—adj. Fetch′ing fascinating.—Fetch and carry to perform humble services for another; Fetch a pump to pour water in so as to make it draw; Fetch out to draw forth develop; Fetch to to revive as from a swoon; Fetch up to recover: to come to a sudden stop.

Edited by Janet

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