- 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.
- to 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.).
- to reach; arrive at: to fetch port.
- (of a dog) to retrieve (game).
- to go and bring things.
- to move or maneuver.
- to retrieve game (often used as a command to a dog).
- to go by an indirect route; circle (often followed by around or about): We fetched around through the outer suburbs.
- the act of fetching.
- the distance of fetching: a long fetch.
- Oceanography.
- 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.
- (of a sailing vessel) to come onto a new tack.
- fetch up,
- to arrive or stop.
- to raise (children); bring up: She had to fetch up her younger sisters.
- (of a vessel) to come to a halt, as by lowering an anchor or running aground; bring up.
- to perform menial tasks.
- to go after and bring back; get
- to cause to come; bring or draw forth
- to cost or sell for (a certain price)
- to utter (a sigh, groan, etc)
- to deal (a blow, slap, etc)
- to arrive at or proceed by sailing
- to attract
- (used esp as a command to dogs) to retrieve (shot game, an object thrown, etc)
- to draw in (a breath, gasp, etc), esp with difficulty
- to perform menial tasks or run errands
- the reach, stretch, etc, of a mechanism
- a trick or stratagem
- the distance in the direction of the prevailing wind that air or water can travel continuously without obstruction
- the ghost or apparition of a living person
