fetch
/F EH1 CH/- 1
An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
- 2
The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
- 3
A stratagem or trick; an artifice.
Synonyms
- 1
To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
- 2
To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
“If you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000”
- 3
To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
“to fetch headway or sternway”
- 4
To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
- 5
To take (a breath), to heave (a sigh)
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To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
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To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to.
“to fetch a man to”
- 8
To reduce; to throw.
- 9
To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects.
“to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap”
- 10
To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.
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(originally Ireland) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith.
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