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Fetch

/fɛtʃ/

An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.

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📖 Definitions of "Fetch"

noun

1
An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
2
The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
3
A stratagem or trick; an artifice.

verb

1
To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
2
To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
"If you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000"
3
To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
"to fetch headway or sternway"
4
To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

🔄 Synonyms of "Fetch"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
conveyverb	To communicate; to make known; to portray.
drawverb	Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
pullverb	(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
getverb	(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
draw inverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To attract.
bringverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
pull inverb	(idiomatic, intransitive, of a vehicle or driver) To approach or drive up to a place and come to a stop; to park by driving frontways into a parking spot.
attractverb	(transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
bring inverb	To introduce, add or initiate a person or group of people to an organisation or event; to give (someone) a share or portion of something.

↔️ Antonyms of "Fetch"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
take awayverb	To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
carry awayverb	(informal, idiomatic) To be so excited that one is no longer in control of one's actions or behavior.
carry offverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity.
bear awayverb	(nautical) To steer away from the wind
bear offverb	(backgammon) To remove one of one's own checkers from the board.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fetch"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
getverb	(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
bringverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
bring inverb	To introduce, add or initiate a person or group of people to an organisation or event; to give (someone) a share or portion of something.
conveyverb	To communicate; to make known; to portray.
pull inverb	(idiomatic, intransitive, of a vehicle or driver) To approach or drive up to a place and come to a stop; to park by driving frontways into a parking spot.
draw inverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To attract.
pullverb	(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
drawverb	Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
attractverb	(transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
retrievalnoun	The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
retrievingnoun	An act of retrieval.
recoververb	(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
retrieveverb	(transitive) To regain or get back something.
recoverynoun	A return to normal health.
reclaimverb	(transitive) To return land to a suitable condition for use.
recoveringnoun	The process or the instance of recovery.
regainverb	(transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.
restoreverb	(transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
recoupverb	(transitive, intransitive) To make back (an investment or similar).
obtainverb	(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.