Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word FETCH

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Definitions of FETCH

1. The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
2. A stratagem or trick; an artifice.
3. An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
4. The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction).
5. (transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
6. (transitive) To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
7. (transitive, rare, literary) To take (a breath); to heave (a sigh).
8. (transitive) To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
9. (obsolete, transitive) To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to.
10. (nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
11. (intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
12. (nautical, transitive) To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.
13. (also, figuratively) An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
14. (Utah) Minced oath for fuck.
15. (originally, Ireland, dialectal) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith. [from 18th c.]
16. (transitive) To reduce; to throw.
17. (archaic, transitive) To accomplish; to achieve; to perform, with certain objects or actions.

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