Fetch

/fɛtʃ/

Meaning & Definition

verb

To go for and then bring back.

I will fetch the ball from the yard.

To obtain or retrieve something.

Can you fetch my glasses from the other room?

To attract or draw (as in to fetch a price).

The painting was expected to fetch a high price at the auction.

Middle English 'fecche', from Old English 'fēccan', meaning to bring.

fetch up

To end up somewhere unexpectedly.

fetch and carry

To do menial tasks or errands for someone else.

fetch back

To bring back something.

retrieval

The act of getting something back.

collection

The act of gathering things together.

bring

To take or go with something to a person or place.

Cool or impressive.

That outfit is so fetch!

To be popular or trendy.

Everyone thinks that new cafe is fetch.