fetch

//fɛtʃ//
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Verb

fetchInfinitive
fetchPresent tense
fetchedPast tense
fetchedPast participle
fetchingPresent participle
fetchesThird-person singular
1

To go and bring back something or someone.

Can you fetch my bag from the car?

2

To be sold for a particular price.

The painting fetched a high price at the auction.

3

(Computing) To retrieve data from a storage location or server.

The app fetches data from the server every five minutes.

Noun

1

The act of fetching or retrieving something.

The dog made a quick fetch of the ball.

2

The distance traveled by wind or waves across open water.

The fetch across the lake was long enough to create large waves.