# fetching

Pronunciation: say "FECH-ing" /ˈfɛt͡ʃɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Attractive and pleasing to look at.
   - Simple: Pretty or nice to look at.
   - _She looked fetching in a green velvet dress and her grandmother's pearls._
   - _The cottage had a fetching little garden, crowded with roses and lavender._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of fetch. — present participle and gerund of fetch
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of fetch. Use it after is, was or are, or as a noun for the act of fetching.
   - _She was up in the attic fetching an old photo album when the phone rang._
   - _Clocks like this one are fetching high prices at auction these days._

## Noun

3. The act of going for something and bringing it back.
   - Simple: The act of going to get something and bringing it back.
   - _The fetching of water from the well took up most of her morning._
   - _Most of the fetching and carrying at the reunion fell to the youngest cousins._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2** — Formed from fetch + -ing.
**Meaning 3** — From Middle English fetchynge, fecchynge, faching, fettynge, equivalent to fetch + -ing.

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