fetch
fetch Lexical Profile
fetch Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To go for and then bring back someone or something.
"She went upstairs to fetch a warm blanket from the linen closet."
To achieve or sell for a particular price when offered at auction or on the market.
"The rare first-edition manuscript is expected to fetch a high price at tomorrow's auction."
To retrieve data or instructions from computer memory or a remote server for processing.
"The application was slow because it had to fetch thousands of records from the database."
To draw forth or utter a deep breath, sigh, or groan.
"He sat down on the wooden bench and fetched a heavy sigh of relief."
• noun
The act of going after and bringing back an object, or a game in which a dog retrieves a thrown item.
"The golden retriever never grew tired of playing fetch in the park."
The horizontal distance of open water over which wind blows without obstruction to generate waves.
"The long fetch across the southern ocean produced massive swells along the coast."
Irish In Irish folklore, the supernatural double or apparition of a living person, traditionally believed to foretell their impending death.
"Local legends warned that seeing one's own fetch at dusk was an omen of mortality."
• Rhymes for fetch
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'feccan', an altered form of 'fetian' meaning to bring near, obtain, or marry, ultimately of West Germanic origin.