fetch

Meaning

Verb

1. (ditransitive, transitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
2. (transitive) To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
3. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
4. (intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
5. (literary, rare, transitive) To take (a breath); to heave (a sigh).
6. (transitive) To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to.
8. (transitive) To reduce; to throw.
9. (archaic, transitive) To accomplish; to achieve; to perform, with certain objects or actions.
10. (transitive) To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.

Noun

1. (also, figuratively) An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
2. (also, figuratively, specifically) An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
3. The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
4. An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
5. The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction).
6. A stratagem or trick; an artifice.
7. (uncountable) A game played with a dog in which a person throws an object for the dog to retrieve.

Intj

Minced oath for fuck.

Noun

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 (“a person's likeness seen just after their death; a ghost, a spectre”).

Synonyms

bring

get

take

retrieve

carry

convey

collect

bear

🐻

go get

pick up

access

transfer

bring near

return

gather

accompany

go after

seek

🔍

search

transport

do

take out

take along

distance

go and get

take away

restore

recall

receive

fetch length

play

make

move

realize

hunt

load

bring in

go for

look for

escort

pick

⛏️

double

give

lug

buy

🛍️

reclaim

challenge

cause

bring about

catch

Translations

portare

traer

apporter

holen

amener

rapporter

prendere

aandragen

bringen

trazer

halen

einbringen

bezorgen

abholen

aller chercher

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fecchen

Inherited from Old English: feċċan

Cognate with Old English: facian

Cognate with Dutch: vatten

Cognate with German: fassen

Cognate with English: fet

Cognate with Faroese: fata

Cognate with Danish: fatte

Cognate with Swedish: fatta

Cognate with Icelandic: feta

Cognate with Western Frisian: fetsje

Inherited from Old English: *fæcce

In summary

The verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure”) [and other forms], from Old English feċċan, fæċċan, feccean (“to fetch, bring; to draw; to gain, take; to seek”), a variant of fetian, fatian (“to bring near, fetch; to acquire, obtain; to bring on, induce; to fetch a wife, marry”) and possibly related to Old English facian, fācian (“to acquire, obtain; to try to obtain; to get; to get to, reach”), both from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to hold, seize; to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”).
The English word is cognate with Dutch vatten (“to apprehend, catch; to grasp; to understand”), German fassen (“to catch, grasp; to capture, seize”), English fet (“(obsolete) to fetch”), Faroese fata (“to grasp, understand”), Danish fatte (“to grasp, understand”), Swedish fatta (“to grasp, understand”), Icelandic feta (“to go, step”), West Frisian fetsje (“to grasp”).
The noun is derived from the verb.