| VERB | contact | fetch, bring, get, convey | go or come after and bring or take back |
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| possession | fetch, bring in, bring | be sold for a certain price | |
| contact | fetch | take away or remove | |
| NOUN | act | fetch | the action of fetching |
| Sounds | feh'ch | |
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| Rhymes | etch ... stretch: 7 rhymes with ehch... | |
| Meaning | The action of fetching. | |
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| Broader | action | Something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
| Meaning | go or come after and bring or take back. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "The dog fetched the hat" | |
| Synonyms | bring, get, convey | |
| Entails | come, come up | Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody |
| Narrower | deliver | Bring to a destination, make a delivery |
| retrieve | Run after, pick up, and bring to the master | |
| retrieve | Go for and bring back | |
| Broader | transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise | Send from one person or place to another |
| Opposite | take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off | Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state |
| Similar to | bring, convey, take | Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere |
| Spanish | acercar, coger, llevar, portar, traer | |
| Catalan | agafar, dur, portar, transportar | |
| Meaning | Be sold for a certain price. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The old print fetched a high price at the auction" | |
| Synonyms | bring in, bring | |
| Entails | change hands, change owners | Be transferred to another owner |
| Spanish | alcanzar, vender por | |
| Meaning | take away or remove. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The devil will fetch you!" | |
| Broader | bring, convey, take | Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere |
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