(also figurative) An act of bringing something from a distance, specifically in computing, an act of fetching data.
The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction).
A stratagem or trick; an artifice.
To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
(nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
(intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
(rare, literary) To take (a breath), to heave (a sigh)
To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
To reduce; to throw.
(nautical, transitive) To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.
(Utah) Minced oath for fuck.