/ English Dictionary

FETCH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The action of fetching

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fetch" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go or come after and bring or take back

Example:

The dog fetched the hat

Synonyms:

bring; convey; fetch; get

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "fetch" is one way to...):

channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport (send from one person or place to another)

"Fetch" entails doing...:

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Verb group:

bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fetch"):

retrieve (run after, pick up, and bring to the master)

retrieve (go for and bring back)

deliver (bring to a destination, make a delivery)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take away or remove

Example:

The devil will fetch you!

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "fetch" is one way to...):

bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be sold for a certain price

Example:

The old print fetched a high price at the auction

Synonyms:

bring; bring in; fetch

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

"Fetch" entails doing...:

change hands; change owners (be transferred to another owner)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

“Run, Wilkins,” quoth he, “and fetch me the shield.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All remonstrance is useless, Holmes, I am going this instant to fetch him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had to guard them against the second team of dogs, and when he had reentered the cabin the other man had unpacked the sled and fetched water.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

His cry brought back his son; but I had gained the cover of the wood, though I was forced to go back to fetch the cloak which I had dropped in my flight.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The porter was so scared that he was going to fetch me, but Godfrey stopped him, had a drink of water, and pulled himself together.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In two hours the boat, which went laden with vessels of water, returned, with the captain’s command to fetch me on board.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Martin, coming into her kitchen to fetch water, was invited to sit down and drink.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Jane's solicitude about fetching her own letters had not escaped Emma.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

It may not be convenient for me to be fetched exactly at the two months' end.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He yielded implicitly, and would fetch his hat and attend them in a moment.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

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