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fetch

(f/E//tS/ )

the action of fetching(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice.(noun)

source: webster1913

go or come after and bring or take back(verb.contact)

Example:
The dog fetched the hat.

Synonym:
bring, convey, get
Antonym:
bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away

source: wordnet30
be sold for a certain price(verb.possession)

Example:
The old print fetched a high price at the auction.

Synonym:
bring, bring in

source: wordnet30
take away or remove(verb.contact)

Example:
The devil will fetch you!.

Synonym:
take off

source: wordnet30
To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.(verb)

source: webster1913
To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.(verb)

source: webster1913

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