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Verb: fetch  fech
  1. Go or come after and bring or take back
    "The dog fetched the hat";
    - bring, get
     
  2. Be sold for a certain price
    "The old print fetched a high price at the auction";
    - bring in, bring
     
  3. Remove
    "The devil will fetch you!"
Noun: fetch  fech
  1. The action of fetching
    "The dog's fetch of the stick impressed everyone at the park"
     
  2. Distance of water surface exposed to wind for making waves
    "The long fetch across the lake allowed large waves to develop"
     
  3. [archaic] A stratagem, trick or artifice
    "Every little fetch of wit and criticism"

Derived forms: fetched, fetches, fetching

Type of: action, bring, channel, channelise [Brit], channelize, convey, sell, take, transfer, transmit

Encyclopedia: Fetch