fetch
verb
[ fɛtʃ ]
• go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone.
• "he ran to fetch help"
Similar:
get,
go and get,
go for,
call for,
summon,
pick up,
collect,
bring,
carry,
deliver,
convey,
ferry,
transport,
escort,
conduct,
lead,
usher in,
• achieve (a particular price) when sold.
• "the land could fetch over a million pounds"
Similar:
sell for,
bring in,
raise,
realize,
yield,
make,
earn,
command,
cost,
be priced at,
come to,
amount to,
go for,
set one back,
pull in,
rake in,
knock someone back,
• inflict (a blow or slap) on (someone).
• "that brute Cullam fetched him a wallop"
• cause great interest or delight in (someone).
• "that air of his always fetches women"
fetch
noun
• the distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.
• a stratagem or trick.
Origin:
Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian, probably related to fatian ‘grasp’, of Germanic origin and related to German fassen .
fetch
noun
• the apparition or double of a living person, formerly believed to be a warning of that person's impending death.
Origin:
late 17th century: of unknown origin.
