fetching
/ˈfɛtʃɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
- To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
- To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
- To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
- To take (a breath), to heave (a sigh)
- To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
- Attractive; pleasant to regard.
- The act by which something is fetched.
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