ALL meanings of fetching
fetch·ing
F f - adjective fetching charming; captivating. 1
- verb with object fetching to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water. 1
- verb with object fetching to cause to come; bring: to fetch a doctor. 1
- verb with object fetching to sell for or bring (a price, financial return, etc.): The horse fetched $50 more than it cost. 1
- verb with object fetching Informal. to charm; captivate: Her beauty fetched the coldest hearts. 1
- verb with object fetching to take (a breath). 1
- verb with object fetching to utter (a sigh, groan, etc.). 1
- verb with object fetching to deal or deliver (a stroke, blow, etc.). 1
- verb with object fetching to perform or execute (a movement, step, leap, etc.). 1
- verb with object fetching Chiefly Nautical and British Dialect. to reach; arrive at: to fetch port. 1
- verb with object fetching Hunting. (of a dog) to retrieve (game). 1
- verb without object fetching to go and bring things. 1
- verb without object fetching Chiefly Nautical. to move or maneuver. 1
- verb without object fetching Hunting. to retrieve game (often used as a command to a dog). 1
- verb without object fetching to go by an indirect route; circle (often followed by around or about): We fetched around through the outer suburbs. 1
- noun fetching the act of fetching. 1
- noun fetching the distance of fetching: a long fetch. 1
- noun fetching Oceanography. an area where ocean waves are being generated by the wind. the length of such an area. 1
- noun fetching the reach or stretch of a thing. 1
- noun fetching a trick; dodge. 1
- idioms fetching fetch and carry, to perform menial tasks. 1
- adjective fetching attractive 1
- noun fetching Attractive. 1
- adjective fetching If you describe someone or something as fetching, you think that they look very attractive. 0
- adjective fetching attractively befitting 0
- adjective fetching charming 0
- adjective fetching attractive; charming 0