fetch

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).

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.

the act of fetching.

the distance of fetching.

a long fetch.

Oceanography.

1. an area where ocean waves are being generated by the wind.

2. the length of such an area.

the reach or stretch of a thing.

a trick; dodge.

fetch about (of a sailing vessel) to come onto a new tack.

fetch up

1. Informal. to arrive or stop.

2. Older Use. to raise (children); bring up.

   She had to fetch up her younger sisters.

3. Nautical. (of a vessel) to come to a halt, as by lowering an anchor or running aground; bring up.

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