From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fetch \Fetch\ (f[e^]ch; 224), verb (used with an object) [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}, verb (used with an object)]
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.
Time will run back and fetch the age of gold. --Milton.
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.
2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. --Macaulay.
3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to.
Fetching men again when they swoon. --Bacon.
The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. --South.
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.
I'll fetch a turn about the garden. --Shak.
He fetches his blow quick and sure. --South.
6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched The siren's isle. --Chapman.
7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. --W. Barnes.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
fetching \fetching\ adjective drawing favorable attention; as, a fetching new hat.
Syn: appealing, taking, winning. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: {taking}, {winning}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "fetching": Circean, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, cute, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, flirtatious, glamorous, heart-robbing, hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, lovely, luxurious, mesmeric, mouth-watering, piquant, prepossessing, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching
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