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• fetch about — phrasal obsolete : to effect a change in fetch about this form of speech 2 Sam 14:20 (Authorized Version) …   Useful english dictionary

• fetch — fetch, v. i. To bring one s self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Totten. [1913 Webster] {To fetch away} (Naut.), to break loose; to roll or slide to leeward. {To fetch and carry}, to serve obsequiously, like a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fetch — fetch1 fetcher, n. /fech/, v.t. 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… …   Universalium

• fetch — /fɛtʃ / (say fech) verb (t) 1. to go and return with, or bring to or from a particular place: to fetch a book from another room. 2. to cause to come to a particular place or condition; succeed in bringing: to fetch a doctor. 3. to realise or… …  

• fetch — 1. verb /fɛtʃ/ a) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go get. When they got home, the Rat made a bright fire in the parlour, and planted the Mole in an arm chair in front of it, having fetched down a dressing gown and slippers for him, and told him… …   Wiktionary

• about ship — Synonyms and related words: back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change course, change the heading, come about, double a point,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman — is a children s television series on PBS during the PBS Kids GO! block of educational programming. It is a game show/reality show parody that is hosted by an animated anthropomorphic dog who dispenses challenges to the show s real life… …   Wikipedia

• Fetch — (f[e^]ch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fetched} 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fetching}.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. [root]77. Cf. {Fet}, v. t.] 1. To bear toward the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fetch — I [[t]fɛtʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to go and bring back; return with; get: to fetch water from a well[/ex] 2) to cause to come; bring: to fetch a doctor[/ex] 3) to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.): The horse fetched more money than it… …   From formal English to slang

• To fetch and carry — fetch fetch, v. i. To bring one s self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Totten. [1913 Webster] {To fetch away} (Naut.), to break loose; to roll or slide to leeward. {To fetch and carry}, to serve obsequiously,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To fetch away — fetch fetch, v. i. To bring one s self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Totten. [1913 Webster] {To fetch away} (Naut.), to break loose; to roll or slide to leeward. {To fetch and carry}, to serve obsequiously,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English