Definition Definition

fetch - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'fetch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fetch [ 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.
- The apparation of a living person; a wraith.
2 . fetch [ v. i.]
- To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
3 . Fetch [ 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.
- To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
- To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to.
- To reduce; to throw.
- 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.
- To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
- To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.

Meaning of 'fetch' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fetch [ v]
Meaning (1):
- go or come after and bring or take back
Example in sentence:
  • Could you bring the wine?;
  • Get me those books over there, please;
  • The dog fetched the hat
Meaning (2):
- take away or remove
Example in sentence:
  • Take that weight off me!;
  • The devil will fetch you!
Meaning (3):
- be sold for a certain price
Example in sentence:
  • The old print fetched a high price at the auction;
  • The painting brought $10,000

Nearby Words:

fet fetal fetation fetched fetching fete feted fethcer fetich fetichism

See 'fetch' also in:

Dictionary.com Google Translator Wikipedia.com Merriam Webster

Categories

Browse Dictionary