fetch

Formsfetches, fetching, fetched

Pluralfetches (some meanings)

1. 1
   go and getverbtransitive

   To go to where something is and bring it back.

   Please fetch a towel from the bathroom.

   He fetched his little sister from school every afternoon.

   Similarget, bring, retrieve, collect

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2. 2
   dog gamenoununcountable

   A game in which you throw something and a dog runs to bring it back to you.

   We played fetch with the puppy in the park.

   Our dog never gets tired of fetch.

3. 3
   sell forverbtransitive

   To be sold for a certain amount of money.

   Old baseball cards can fetch a lot of money.

   Their old couch fetched only fifty dollars at the yard sale.

   Similarbring, make, command, realize

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4. 4
   computingnounfigurativelycountable

   In computers, the act of getting data from the place where it is kept.

   The app does one fetch when you open it and saves the results.

   Every fetch from the server makes the page a little slower.

   Similarretrieval

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5. 5
   trip to getnounfigurativelycountable

   The act of going to get something from far away and bringing it back.

   The walk to the well was a long fetch with heavy buckets.

   Each fetch of firewood took him half an hour.

   Similartrip, errand

6. 6
   cause to comeverbtransitive

   To make something come, or to bring something into a certain state.

   Cutting onions can fetch tears to your eyes.

   The fall fetched blood from his knee.

   Similarbring, draw

7. 7
   mild curseinterjection

   A softer word some people in Utah say in place of the F-word.

   Oh, fetch, I left my lunch at home!

   Fetch! The bus left without me.

   Similarfudge, shoot, darn

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8. 8
   nouncountable

   A stretch of water where the wind is blowing and making waves.

   The waves on the beach today started in a fetch far out at sea.

   Strong winds over the fetch kept building the waves all night.

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9. 9
   wave distancenouncountable

   How far the wind can blow across open water, or how far a wave can travel before something stops it.

   The lake is long, so it has a big fetch and gets large waves.

   The fetch across the bay is only two miles, so the waves stay small.

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10. 10
    knock downverbtransitive

    To throw or knock someone down.

    The judo teacher can fetch a big student to the mat in a second.

    One hard push fetched him to the ground.

    Similarbring, throw

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