FETCH

/fɛtʃ/
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Definition

/fɛtʃ/
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.
  5. To take (a breath), to heave (a sigh)

Source: Wiktionary

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