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To take or carry something from one place to another
“I had a need to go fetch his last belongings and bring them home to my house to wash them.”
To escort someone or something from one place to another
“It is not yet known who will be the person that shall go to fetch the Queen from Portugal.”
To obtain as, or be purchasable for, a price or equivalent
“The camels are laden with palm-branches, which fetch a handsome price, for there is an eager demand for them.”
To receive, especially in return for effort
To evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone
To get or bring (something) back from somewhere
To move or transfer (someone or something) to another place or situation
To order or instruct to go, or come, to a particular destination or in a particular direction
To inflict a physical blow on someone
To catch or stop (the ball) and return it
(computing) To manipulate data or information with a computer or software
A crafty, and typically underhanded, means to achieve one's aims
“This is but a fetch to avoid complying with your duty.”
Someone or something that is visually identical to another
“I hazarded queries, shaped with as much delicacy as I could, and soon learned that she had seen, before his death, the fetch of her beloved father.”
Lost or unclaimed person or thing
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