fetch1
¦ verb
1. go for and bring back.
2. achieve (a particular price) when sold.
3. (fetch up) informal arrive or come to rest.
4. informal inflict (a blow) on.
5. archaic bring forth (blood or tears).
take (a breath).
¦ noun
1. the distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.
the distance a vessel must sail to reach open water.
2. an act of fetching.
3. archaic a stratagem or trick.
Phrases
fetch and carry perform a succession of menial tasks for someone.
Derivatives
fetcher noun
Origin
OE fecc(e)an, var. of fetian, prob. related to fatian 'grasp', of Gmc origin.
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fetch2
¦ noun the apparition or double of a living person, formerly believed to be a warning of that person's impending death.
Origin
C17: of unknown origin.