fetch1

 
Pronunciation: /fɛtʃ/

verb

[with object]
  • 1go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone: he ran to fetch help [with two objects]: she fetched me a cup of tea
  • archaic bring forth (blood or tears): kind offers fetched tears from me
  • archaic take a (breath); heave (a sigh).
  • 2achieve (a particular price) when sold: the land could fetch over a million pounds
  • 3 [with two objects] informal inflict (a blow or slap) on (someone): that brute Cullam fetched him a wallop
  • 4 informal, dated cause great interest or delight in (someone): that air of his always fetches women

noun

  • 1the distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.
  • the distance a vessel must sail to reach open water.
  • 2 archaic a stratagem or trick.

Phrases

fetch and carry

perform a succession of menial tasks for someone as if one was their servant.

Phrasal Verbs

fetch up

informal arrive or come to rest somewhere, typically by accident or unintentionally: all four of them fetched up in the saloon bar of the Rose and Crown

Derivatives

fetcher

noun

Origin:

Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian, probably related to fatian 'grasp', of Germanic origin and related to German fassen