fetch
/fɛt͡ʃ/ noun C2- An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
- An act of fetching data. · a fetch from a cache
- The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
- An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
- The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction).
- A stratagem or trick; an artifice. · They used cunning fetches to swindle money out of the gullible.
- A game played with a dog in which a person throws an object for the dog to retrieve.
Plural fetches
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“She’d soon fetch it back!”
Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan!
“Fetch me my gloves this moment!” Then came a little pattering of feet on the stairs.
fetch it here, lad!—Here, put ’em up at this corner—No, tie ’em together first—they don’t reach half high enough yet—Oh!
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