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IELTS BNC: 3687 COCA: 6744

fetch
fetch /ˈfɛtʃ/ verb
fetches; fetched; fetching
fetch
/ˈfɛtʃ/
verb
fetches; fetched; fetching
Learner's definition of FETCH
1 
: to go after and bring back (someone or something)（去）请来；（去）拿来
[+ object]
[no object]
2 
[+ object] : to be sold for (an amount of money)售得，卖得（某价钱）

fetch and carry

: to do the kind of jobs that servants do for someone做杂务；打杂

fetch up

[phrasal verb] chiefly British, informal
: to reach or come to a place, condition, or situation that was not planned or expected（意外）到达；结果处于
IELTS BNC: 3687 COCA: 6744

fetch

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verb

ˈfech How to pronounce fetch (audio)
fetched; fetching; fetches

transitive verb

1
a
: to go or come after and bring or take back
fetch a doctor
b
: derive, deduce
fetch analogies from nature
2
a
: to cause to come
one shot fetched down
b
: to bring in (a price or similar return) : realize
The hogs fetched a good price at the market.
c
: interest, attract
… he doesn't fetch the girls like William … D. H. Lawrence
3
a
: to give (a blow) by striking : deal
fetch him a clip on the chin
b
chiefly dialectal : bring about, accomplish
c(1)
: to take in : draw
sat fetching her breath in dry sobs Ngaio Marsh
(2)
: to bring forth : heave
fetch a sigh
4
a
: to reach by sailing especially against the wind or tide
fetch the harbor before the storm breaks
b
: to arrive at : reach
fetched home after a long ride

intransitive verb

1
: to get and bring something
specifically : to retrieve killed game
2
: to take a roundabout way : circle
3
a
: to hold a course on a body of water
fetch to windward
b
: veer
fetcher noun

fetch

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noun (1)

1
: trick, stratagem
2
: an act or instance of fetching
3
a
: the distance along open water or land over which the wind blows
b
: the distance traversed by waves without obstruction

fetch

3 of 3

noun (2)

: doppelgänger sense 2

Synonyms

Verb

Noun (1)

Noun (2)

Example Sentences

Verb If you throw the ball the dog will fetch it. Hunting dogs are trained to fetch. This table should fetch quite a bit at auction. The house fetched more than we expected.

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun (1)

Middle English fecchen, from Old English fetian, feccan; perhaps akin to Old English fōt foot — more at foot

Noun (2)

origin unknown

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun (1)

circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

circa 1787, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fetch was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing fetch
IELTS BNC: 3687 COCA: 6744

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