fetching

/หˆfษ›tสƒษชล‹/

IPA: /F EH1 CH IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.

  2. 2

    To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.

    โ€œIf you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000โ€

  3. 3

    To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.

    โ€œto fetch headway or sternwayโ€

  4. 4

    To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

  5. 5

    To take (a breath), to heave (a sigh)

  6. 6

    To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.

  7. 7

    To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to.

    โ€œto fetch a man toโ€

  8. 8

    To reduce; to throw.

  9. 9

    To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects.

    โ€œto fetch a compass;โ€ƒ to fetch a leapโ€

  10. 10

    To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.

adjective
  1. 1

    Attractive; pleasant to regard.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is fetched.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fetch, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fetching