fetch

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/fɛtʃ/ English

Definitions

noun

An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
A stratagem or trick; an artifice.

verb

To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.“If you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000”
To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.“to fetch headway or sternway”
To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

noun

(originally Ireland) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith.

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Synonyms

contrivance dodge get bring bring in convey pull in draw in pull draw attract retrieval retrieving recover retrieve recovery reclaim recovering

Associated

decode fetched fetching ruff ftp ebay auctions cache firewood auction execute instructions

Rhymes

kvetch quetch sketch dretch stretch letch retch wretch fletch vetch

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