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# fetch

«fetch» in Mova's school dictionary: **To go to get something or someone and bring them back:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (fetch, fetches, fetched, fetching)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To go to get something or someone and bring them back: fetch the ball, fetch your coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/#m1)

2) To be sold for a certain price: the old car fetched 500 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/#m2)

3) "Fetch" is also a game where you throw a ball or stick for a dog to bring back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children are asked to fetch things: fetch a plate, fetch your brother for dinner. With pets, playing fetch is good exercise for dogs. In stories, a character is sent to fetch water from the well (Jack and Jill). Phrases: "go and fetch", "fetch and carry", "play fetch", "far-fetched" (hard to believe).

### examples

- Please fetch your coat; it's cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/#x1)
- The dog fetched the stick from the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/#x2)
- Can you fetch me a glass of water? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/#x3)
- Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/#x4)
- We played fetch with Bella in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/#x5)
- Mum went to fetch my sister from school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/#x6)
- The painting fetched a lot of money at the sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/#x7)
- His story about a talking dragon was a bit far-fetched. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/#x8)

### note

"Fetch" means go there AND come back with it; "bring" means come here with it; "take" means go away with it. Plural/third person: fetches (add -es after ch). "Far-fetched" means unlikely to be true.

### In the corpora

- [Labradors were bred to fetch from water, with a thick waterproof coat and a thick otter-like tail used as a rudder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds/13/)
- [Alice says the Cat belongs to the Duchess, so they fetch the Duchess from prison.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/10/)
- [«Fetch the doctor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/26/)
- [Jaguar fetches his Mother.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/8/)
- [In an asthma attack, sit the person up, help them use their reliever inhaler and fetch an adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/85-splinters-stings-and-allergies/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fetch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fetch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.