fetch

(fĕch)

1. To come or go after and take or bring back: The puppy fetched the stick that we had tossed.
2. a. To cause to come.
   b. To bring in as a price: fetched a thousand dollars at auction.
   c. To interest or attract.
3. a. To draw in (breath); inhale.
   b. To bring forth (a sigh, for example) with obvious effort.
4. Informal To deliver (a blow) by striking; deal.
5. Nautical To arrive at; reach: fetched port after a month at sea.

1. a. To go after something and return with it.
   b. To retrieve killed game. Used of a hunting dog.
2. To take an indirect route.
3. Nautical
   a. To hold a course.
   b. To turn about; veer.

1. The act or an instance of fetching.
2. A stratagem or trick.
3. a. The distance over which a wind blows.
   b. The distance traveled by waves with no obstruction.

Related Forms:

• fetchˈer noun

(fĕch)

1. A ghost; an apparition.
2. A doppelgänger.