Meaning
10 senses(ditransitive, transitive)To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
You have to fetch some sugar in order to proceed with the recipe.
I'm thirsty. Can you fetch me a glass of water, please?
holen
приноси́тьprinosítʹ, принести́prinestí, ехатьjexatʹ
прино́ситиprynósyty, принести́prynestý
(transitive)To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
If you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000
einbringen, hereinholen
be sold for a certain price
To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
to fetch headway or sternway
(intransitive)To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
(literary, rare, transitive)To take (a breath); to heave (a sigh).
(transitive)To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
schaffen, hinlegen, vollführen
go or come after and bring or take back
(transitive)To reduce; to throw.
holen, kriegen
(transitive)To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.
(obsolete, transitive)To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to.
to fetch a man to
(archaic, transitive)To accomplish; to achieve; to perform, with certain objects or actions.
to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap
Examples
148 sentencesGo and fetch Tom.
Йди й приведи Тома.
deGehe und hole Tom.
It's far-fetched.
Це висмоктано з пальця.
ruЭто притянуто за уши.
deDas ist weit hergeholt.
Fetch me my hat.
Принесіть мені мій капелюх.
ruПринеси мне мою шляпу.
deHol mir meinen Hut.
Tom is playing fetch with his dog.
deTom spielt mit seinem Hund „Hol das Stöckchen!“.
It sounds far-fetched, but it's true.
Translations
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Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come foThe verb is derived from Middle English fecchen (“to get and bring back, fetch; to come for, get and take away; to steal; to carry away to kill; to search for; to obtain, procure”) [and other forms], from Old English feċċan, fæċċan, feccean (“to fetch, bring; to draw; to gain, take; to seek”), a variant of fetian, fatian (“to bring near, fetch; to acquire, obtain; to bring on, induce; to fetch a wife, marry”) and possibly related to Old English facian, fācian (“to acquire, obtain; to try to obtain; to get; to get to, reach”), both from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to hold, seize; to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”).
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Forms
fetches, fetching, fetched, fetchedPhrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle