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Definitions for Fetcher

[1] to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
[2] to cause to come; bring: to fetch a doctor.
[3] to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.): The horse fetched $50 more than it cost.
[4] Informal . to charm; captivate: Her beauty fetched the coldest hearts.
[5] to take (a breath).
[6] to utter (a sigh, groan, etc.).
[7] to deal or deliver (a stroke, blow, etc.).
[8] to perform or execute (a movement, step, leap, etc.).
[9] Chiefly Nautical and British Dialect . to reach; arrive at: to fetch port.
[10] Hunting . (of a dog) to retrieve (game).
[11] to go and bring things.
[12] Chiefly Nautical . to move or maneuver.
[13] Hunting . to retrieve game (often used as a command to a dog).
[14] to go by an indirect route; circle (often followed by around or about ): We fetched around through the outer suburbs.
[15] the act of fetching.
[16] the distance of fetching: a long fetch.
[17] Oceanography . an area where ocean waves are being generated by the wind. the length of such an area.
[18] the reach or stretch of a thing.
[19] a trick; dodge.
[20] fetch about , Nautical . (of a sailing vessel) to come onto a new tack.
[21] fetch up , Informal . to arrive or stop. Older Use . to raise (children); bring up: She had to fetch up her younger sisters. Nautical . (of a vessel) to come to a halt, as by lowering an anchor or running aground; bring up.
[22] fetch and carry , to perform menial tasks.
[23] a person or animal that fetches
[24] rugby informal a flanker who specializes in winning the ball rather than running with it
[25] to go after and bring back; get to fetch help
[26] to cause to come; bring or draw forth the noise fetched him from the cellar
[27] (also intr) to cost or sell for (a certain price) the table fetched six hundred pounds
[28] to utter (a sigh, groan, etc)
[29] informal to deal (a blow, slap, etc)
[30] (also intr) nautical to arrive at or proceed by sailing
[31] informal to attract to be fetched by an idea
[32] (used esp as a command to dogs) to retrieve (shot game, an object thrown, etc)
[33] rare to draw in (a breath, gasp, etc), esp with difficulty
[34] fetch and carry to perform menial tasks or run errands
[35] the reach, stretch, etc, of a mechanism
[36] a trick or stratagem
[37] the distance in the direction of the prevailing wind that air or water can travel continuously without obstruction
[38] the ghost or apparition of a living person

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Origin of Fetcher

1before 1000; Middle English fecchen, Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian to fetch (compare Middle English feten, fetten, British dialect fet; akin to Old English -fat in sīthfat journey, German fassen to grasp)

Other words from Fetcher

fetch·er , noun

Word origin for Fetcher

C18: of unknown origin