Fetch
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Fetch
Verb
- To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
"You have to fetch some sugar in order to proceed with the recipe."
- 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"
- To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
"to fetch headway or sternway"
- To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
- To take (a breath); to heave (a sigh).
Noun
- An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance. An act of fetching data.
"a fetch from a cache"
- An act of fetching data.
"a fetch from a cache"
- The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
- An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
- The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction).