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   fetch

   /fɛtʃ/

   verb

   • 1. go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone: "he ran to fetch help" Similar getgo and getgo forcall forsummonpick upcollectbringcarrydeliverconveyferrytransportescortconductleadusher in
   • ▪ bring forth (blood or tears): archaic "kind offers fetched tears from me"
   • ▪ take a (breath); heave (a sigh). archaic
   • 2. achieve (a particular price) when sold: "the land could fetch over a million pounds" Similar sell forbring inraiserealizeyieldmakeearncommandcostbe priced atcome toamount toinformal:go forset one backpull inrake inknock someone back
   • 3. inflict (a blow or slap) on (someone): informal "that brute Cullam fetched him a wallop"
   • 4. cause great interest or delight in (someone): informal, dated "that air of his always fetches women"

   noun

   • 1. the distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.
   • ▪ the distance a vessel must sail to reach open water.
   • 2. a stratagem or trick. archaic

   Word Origin Old Englishfecc(e)an, variant of fetian, probably related to fatian ‘grasp’, of Germanic origin and related to German fassen.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fetcher noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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