Meaning of 'fetch'
Meaning of 'fetch' (Webster Dictionary)
- 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. - To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. - 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.
- The apparation of a living person; a wraith. - To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. - 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)
Meaning (1):
- go or come after and bring or take back
- 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
- take away or remove
Example in sentence:
- The devil will fetch you!
Meaning (3):
- be sold for a certain price
- be sold for a certain price
Example in sentence:
- The old print fetched a high price at the auction;
- The painting brought $10,000
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