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 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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fetching
adj 1: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new
hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his
manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: {fetching},
{taking}, {winning}]
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