Fetching

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fetch \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 person speaking, or the person or thing
        from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go


        and bring; to get.
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              Time will run back and fetch the age of gold.
                                                    --Milton.
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              He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a
              little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as
              she was going to fetch it he called to her, and
              said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in
              thine hand.                           --1 Kings
                                                    xvii. 11, 12.
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     2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
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              Our native horses were held in small esteem, and
              fetched low prices.                   --Macaulay.
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     3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to;
        as, to fetch a man to.
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              Fetching men again when they swoon.   --Bacon.
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     4. To reduce; to throw.
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              The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to
              the ground.                           --South.
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     5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to
        perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to
        fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
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              I'll fetch a turn about the garden.   --Shak.
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              He fetches his blow quick and sure.   --South.
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     6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive
        at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
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              Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
              The siren's isle.                     --Chapman.
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     7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
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              They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. --W.
                                                    Barnes.
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     {To fetch a compass} (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a
        circuitous route going to a place.
  
     {To fetch a pump}, to make it draw water by pouring water
        into the top and working the handle.
  
     {To fetch headway} or {To fetch sternway} (Naut.), to move
        ahead or astern.
  
     {To fetch out}, to develop. "The skill of the polisher
        fetches out the colors [of marble]" --Addison.
  
     {To fetch up}.
        (a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up
            the tortoise when I please." --L'Estrange.
        (b) To stop suddenly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fetching \fetching\ adj.
     drawing favorable attention; as, a fetching new hat.
  
     Syn: appealing, taking, winning.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fetching
       adj : very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new
             hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his
             manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: {taking}, {winning}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "fetching":
     Circean, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling,
     bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching,
     charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, cute,
     delightful, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling,
     enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating,
     flirtatious, glamorous, heart-robbing, hypnotic, interesting,
     intriguing, inviting, irresistible, lovely, luxurious, mesmeric,
     mouth-watering, piquant, prepossessing, provocative, provoquant,
     ravishing, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic,
     spellbinding, spellful, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting,
     thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, voluptuous, winning,
     winsome, witching