fetching
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/ˈfɛtʃɪŋ/
English
Definitions
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.
adjective
- Attractive; pleasant to regard.
noun
- The act by which something is fetched.
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Synonyms
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