fetch
noun
1. the action of fetching
Definition categories: act, action
Sentences with fetch as a noun:
- a fetch from a cache
verb
1. go or come after and bring or take back
- The dog fetched the hat
Similar word(s): bring, convey, get
Definition categories: contact, channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport
2. be sold for a certain price
- The old print fetched a high price at the auction
Similar word(s): bring
Definition categories: possession
3. take away or remove
- The devil will fetch you!
Definition categories: contact, bring, convey, take
Sentences with fetch as a verb:
- If you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000
- to fetch headway or sternway
- to fetch a man to
- to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap