(nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
(intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
(literary) To take (a breath), to heave (a sigh)
To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
(obsolete) To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to.
To reduce; to throw.
To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects.
(nautical, transitive) To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.
Noun
The object of fetching; the source and origin of attraction; a force, quality or propensity which is attracting eg., in a given attribute of person, place, object, principle, etc.