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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026fetch•ed
(fech′id, fetcht),USA pronunciation adj. [South Midland U.S.]
- Dialect Termsdamned:Jim beat up every fetched one of them.
- apparently fetch + -ed2 1850–55, American.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026fetch1 /fɛtʃ/USA pronunciation
v.
- to go and bring back;
return with; get: [~ + object]to fetch a glass of water.[no object]She taught the dog to fetch.
- to cause to come;
bring:[~ + object]Go fetch a doctor.
- to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.):[~ + object]The horse fetched more money than it cost.
Idioms
- Idioms fetch and carry, [no object] to perform menial tasks:I was pretty bored, fetching and carrying all day at the bazaar.
fetch•er, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026fetch1
(fech),USA pronunciation v.t.
- to go and bring back;
return with; get:to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
- to cause to come;
bring:to fetch a doctor.
- to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.):The horse fetched $50 more than it cost.
- Informal Termsto charm;
captivate:Her beauty fetched the coldest hearts.
- to take (a breath).
- to utter (a sigh, groan, etc.).
- to deal or deliver (a stroke, blow, etc.).
- to perform or execute (a movement, step, leap, etc.).
- Nautical, British Terms, Naval Terms[Chiefly Naut. and Brit. Dial.]to reach;
arrive at:to fetch port.
- Sport[Hunting.](of a dog) to retrieve (game).
v.i.
- to go and bring things.
- Nautical, Naval Terms[Chiefly Naut.]to move or maneuver.
- Sport[Hunting.]to retrieve game (often used as a command to a dog).
- to go by an indirect route;
circle (often fol. by around or about):We fetched around through the outer suburbs.
- Nautical, Naval Terms fetch about, (of a sailing vessel) to come onto a new tack.
- Idioms fetch and carry, to perform menial tasks.
- fetch up:
- Informal Termsto arrive or stop.
- Slang Terms[Older Use.]to raise (children);
bring up:She had to fetch up her younger sisters.
- Naval Terms[Naut.](of a vessel) to come to a halt, as by lowering an anchor or running aground;
bring up.
n.
- the act of fetching.
- the distance of fetching:a long fetch.
- [Oceanog.]
- an area where ocean waves are being generated by the wind.
- the length of such an area.
- the reach or stretch of a thing.
- a trick;
dodge.
- bef. 1000; Middle English fecchen, Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian to fetch (compare Middle English feten, fetten, Brit. dialect, dialectal fet; akin to Old English -fat in sīthfat journey, German fassen to grasp)
fetch′er, n.
fetch2
(fech),USA pronunciation n. - wraith (def. 1).
- perh. short for fetch-life one sent to fetch the soul of a dying person 1780–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fetch /fɛtʃ/ vb (mainly tr)- to go after and bring back; get: to fetch help
- to cause to come; bring or draw forth
- (also intr) to cost or sell for (a certain price): the table fetched six hundred pounds
- to utter (a sigh, groan, etc)
- informal to deal (a blow, slap, etc)
- (used esp as a command to dogs) to retrieve (shot game, an object thrown, etc)
- fetch and carry ⇒ to perform menial tasks or run errands
n - the reach, stretch, etc, of a mechanism
- a trick or stratagem
Etymology: Old English feccan; related to Old Norse feta to step, Old High German sih fazzōn to climb fetch /fɛtʃ/ n - the ghost or apparition of a living person
Etymology: 18th Century: of unknown origin
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