<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.</li><li>to cause to come; bring: to fetch a doctor.</li><li>to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.): The horse fetched $50 more than it cost.</li><li>Informal. to charm; captivate: Her beauty fetched the coldest hearts.</li><li>to take (a breath).</li><li>to utter (a sigh, groan, etc.).</li><li>to deal or deliver (a stroke, blow, etc.).</li><li>to perform or execute (a movement, step, leap, etc.).</li><li>Chiefly Nautical and British Dialect. to reach; arrive at: to fetch port.</li><li>Hunting. (of a dog) to retrieve (game).</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to go and bring things.</li><li>Chiefly Nautical. to move or maneuver.</li><li>Hunting. to retrieve game (often used as a command to a dog).</li><li>to go by an indirect route; circle (often followed by around or about): We fetched around through the outer suburbs.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of fetching.</li><li>the distance of fetching: a long fetch.</li><li>Oceanography. an area where ocean waves are being generated by the wind; the length of such an area.</li><li>the reach or stretch of a thing.</li><li>a trick; dodge.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb phrase</strong></p><ul><li>Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to come onto a new tack.</li><li>Informal. to arrive or stop.</li><li>Older Use. to raise (children); bring up: She had to fetch up her younger sisters.</li><li>Nautical. (of a vessel) to come to a halt, as by lowering an anchor or running aground; bring up.</li></ul>