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Definition of: fetch
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(fech) v.t.
1. To go after and bring back.
2. To cause to come; draw; bring, as a reply.
3. To heave (a sigh); to utter (a groan).
4. To bring as a price; sell for.
5. To execute; perform, as a leap or other movement.
6. Colloq. To captivate; charm.
7. Naut. To reach or arrive at.
8. Colloq. To strike or deliver, as a blow.
—v.i.
9. To go after and bring things back.
10. In hunting, to retrieve game.
11. Naut. a To take a course. b To reach or get.
—to fetch and carry To perform menial tasks; be a servant.
—to fetch up To rear; bring up.
—noun
1. The act of fetching.
2. The distance something is brought.
3. A stratagem. [OE feccan, var. of fetian. See FET.]
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