gettable

transitive verb got, gotten or got, getting

1. to come into the state of having; become the owner or receiver of; receive, win, gain, obtain, acquire, etc.
2. to reach; arrive at: to get home early
3. to set up communication with, as by radio or telephone: to get Paris
4. 1. to go and bring
   2. to bring: go get your books
5. 1. to catch; capture; gain hold of
   2. to become afflicted with (a disease)
6. to learn; commit to memory
7. to discover to be as the result of experiment or calculation: add 2 and 2 to get 4
8. to influence or persuade (a person) to do something: get him to leave
9. to cause to act in a certain way: get the door to shut properly
10. 1. to cause to be: to get one's hands dirty
    2. to cause to arrive at: get the copy to the printer
11. to take (oneself) away: often used absolutely
12. to be sentenced to: to get ten years for robbery
13. to prepare: to get lunch
14. beget: said of animals
15. to manage or contrive: to get to do something
16. Informal to be obliged to; feel a necessity to: with have or has: he's got to pass the test
17. Informal to own; possess: with have or has: he's got red hair
18. Informal to be or become the master of; esp.,
    1. to overpower; have complete control of: his illness finally got him
    2. to puzzle; baffle: this problem gets me
    3. to take into custody, wound, or kill
    4. ☆ Baseball to put (an opponent) out, as by catching a batted ball
19. Informal to strike; hit: the blow got him in the eye
20. Informal to catch the meaning or import of; understand
21. Slang to cause an emotional response in; irritate, please, thrill, etc.: her singing gets me
22. ☆ Slang to notice or observe: get the look on his face

Origin: ME geten < ON geta, to get, beget, akin to OE -gietan (see beget, forget), Ger -gessen in vergessen, forget < IE base *ghend-, to seize, get hold of > L (pre)hendere, to grasp, understand

intransitive verb

1. to come, go, or arrive: to get to work on time
2. to be or become; come to be (doing something); come to be (in a situation, condition, etc.): to get caught in the rain, get in touch with me
3. Informal to leave at once: commonly pronounced (git) when used in the imperative or infinitive

noun

1. the young of an animal; offspring; breed
2. a begetting
3. Tennis, etc. a retrieving of a shot seemingly out of reach