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fetch
1[fech]
verb (used with object)
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., to 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.).
Chiefly Nautical and British Dialect., to reach; arrive at.
to fetch port.
Hunting., (of a dog) to retrieve (game).
verb (used without object)
to go and bring things.
Chiefly Nautical., to move or maneuver.
Hunting., to retrieve game (often used as a command to a dog).
to go by an indirect route; circle (often followed by around orabout ).
We fetched around through the outer suburbs.
noun
the act of fetching.
the distance of fetching.
a long fetch.
Oceanography.
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.
verb phrase
fetch about, (of a sailing vessel) to come onto a new tack.
fetch up
Informal., to arrive or stop.
Older Use., to raise (children); bring up.
She had to fetch up her younger sisters.
Nautical., (of a vessel) to come to a halt, as by lowering an anchor or running aground; bring up.
fetch
2[fech]
noun
fetch
1/ fɛtʃ /
verb
to go after and bring back; get
to fetch help
to cause to come; bring or draw forth
the noise fetched him from the cellar
(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)
(also intr) nautical to arrive at or proceed by sailing
informal, to attract
to be fetched by an idea
(used esp as a command to dogs) to retrieve (shot game, an object thrown, etc)
rare, to draw in (a breath, gasp, etc), esp with difficulty
to perform menial tasks or run errands
noun
the reach, stretch, etc, of a mechanism
a trick or stratagem
the distance in the direction of the prevailing wind that air or water can travel continuously without obstruction
fetch
2/ fɛtʃ /
noun
the ghost or apparition of a living person
Other Word Forms
- fetcher noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of fetch1
Origin of fetch2
Word History and Origins
Origin of fetch1
Origin of fetch2
Idioms and Phrases
fetch and carry, to perform menial tasks.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The index trades at one of its widest historical discounts, fetching about 14 times forward earnings compared with the S&P 500’s 23.
"This is the third year we've come here on the run but we used to come years ago, back in the '50s, my father and my grandfather used to fetch us," said Raymond.
She said another family member used a football shirt to wrap the baby in, while the club fetched towels and foil sheets.
At the same time, more in-demand domain names are auctioned off, with some fetching hundreds of thousands of US dollars.
A woman, out to fetch water with her dog, runs for cover.
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When To Use
Fetch is slang for “cool” or “awesome" and is not, in fact, from England.It started as a joke in the movie Mean Girls, only to catch on off-screen.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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