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verb /fɛtʃ/
1
to go and get something or someone and bring them back.
to go after and bring back (someone or something).
to go to where sb/sth is and bring them/it back.
to go to another place to get something or someone and bring them back.
to go and get something.
to go to find something and carry it back with you.
to go to where someone is and bring them home, especially in your car.
to go to where someone is and bring them back with you because you need their help.
If you fetch something or someone, you go and get them from the place where they are.
Quick! Go and fetch a doctor.
Shannon went upstairs to fetch some blankets /'blæŋkɪt/.
fetch somebody/something from something
Would you mind going to fetch the kids from school?
fetch somebody something/fetch something for somebody
Fetch me some coffee while you’re up.
Wait here while I fetch [=get] the doctor.
Please fetch me a drink. = Please fetch a drink for me.
If you throw the ball the dog will fetch it.
to fetch help / a doctor.
The inhabitants have to walk a mile to fetch water.
She's gone to fetch the kids from school.
Could you fetch me my bag?
Could you fetch me my glasses/fetch my glasses for me from the other room, please?
I have to fetch my mother from the station.
This glass has been used - please fetch me a clean one.
Would you like to wait out here, and the doctor will come and fetch you in a minute?
She fetched another chair from the dining room.
He fetches the children from school on Mondays and Fridays.
That looks uncomfortable. I'll go and fetch a cushion/'kʊʃən/ for you.
He went to fetch his coat.
I asked my son to fetch me a drink of water.
Let me fetch a chair for you.
We used to go and fetch milk from the farm. [used to = if something used to happen, it happened regularly or all the time in the past, but does not happen now]
She asked me to come and fetch her.
Can you fetch the children from school tonight?
Peter was sent to fetch the doctor.
Sylvia fetched a towel from the bathroom.
Fetch me a glass of water.
The caddie ran over to fetch something for him.
2
to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at a public sale – used especially in news reports.
to be sold for (an amount of money).
to be sold for a particular price.
to be sold for a particular amount of money.
to be sold for a particular amount of money, especially at an auction. (=sale where goods are sold to the person offering the most money)
If something fetches a particular sum of money, it is sold for that amount.
The painting is expected to fetch at least $20 million. -->cost
This table should fetch quite a bit at auction /'ɔkʃən/.
The house fetched more than we expected.
The painting is expected to fetch $10 000 at auction.
The paintings fetched over a million dollars.
The house didn't fetch as much as she was hoping it would.
The painting is expected to fetch up to £220,000.
The painting is expected to fetch between two and three million pounds.
3
to make people react in a particular way
This announcement fetched a huge cheer from the audience.
4
fetch and carry (for sb)
to do simple and boring jobs for someone as if you were their servant /'sɝvənt/.
to do the kind of jobs that servants do for someone.
to do a lot of little jobs for sb as if you were their servant.
to do boring, unskilled jobs for someone, as if you were their servant.
to do small simple jobs for someone such as bringing them things that they want.
If you fetch and carry, you perform simple, often boring tasks for someone, such as collecting and carrying things for them.
Am I supposed to fetch and carry for him all day?
I won't fetch and carry for you all day.
Most of her day was spent fetching and carrying for her family.
Sid was helping in the kitchen, fetching and carrying.
I helped out in the tents fetching and carrying.
5
fetch up
to arrive somewhere without intending to. SYN end up
to reach or come to a place, condition, or situation that was not planned or expected.
to arrive somewhere without planning to.
to arrive somewhere, especially without intending to.
to arrive at a place by accident or without intending to go there.
If you fetch up somewhere, you arrive there, especially when you have not planned to go there.
I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow.
She traveled throughout Europe and eventually fetched up [=ended up] in Italy.
And then, a few years later, he somehow fetched up in Rome.
After a whole hour of driving, we fetched up back where we started.
He spent the first few months on a walking and sketching tour, before fetching up in Dublin.
6
fetch someone a blow/slap
[old-fashioned informal] to hit someone with the hand.
to hit someone.
I fetched him a smart blow on the ear!
noun /fɛtʃ/
play fetch
if you play fetch with a dog, you throw something for the dog to bring back to you
far–fetched
adjective /ˈfɑrˈfɛtʃt/
extremely unlikely to be true or to happen.
not likely to happen or be true.
very difficult to believe.
very unlikely to be true, and difficult to believe.
difficult to believe because it is very unlikely.
If you describe a story or idea as far-fetched, you are criticizing it because you think it is unlikely to be true or practical.
All this may sound a bit far-fetched, but companies are already developing ‘intelligent’ homes.
The movie features a far-fetched plot to kidnap the President.
The whole story sounds very far-fetched.
a far-fetched idea/story.
The storyline was too far-fetched and none of the actors was particularly good.
fetching
adjective /'fɛtʃɪŋ/
attractive, especially because the clothes you are wearing suit you.
attractive or pleasing.
(especially of a person or their clothes) attractive.
A fetching person or piece of clothing is attractive.
If you describe someone or something as fetching, you think that they look very attractive.
Your sister looks very fetching in that dress.
a fetching smile.
You look very fetching in that outfit.
She looked very fetching in a little red hat.
a fetching blue sweater.
a rather fetching off-the-shoulder dress.
You look very fetching in your green shorts.
Sue was sitting up in bed, looking very fetching in a flowered bedjacket.
Beckham wore a fetching outfit in purple and green.
fetchingly adv
fetchingly dressed.
Strands of hair hung fetchingly around her face.
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