fetch and carry
To serve obsequiously.
It was curious to ſee what heavy burthens your true court-bred ladies and gentlemen can bear in the ſervice of their prince, aye and bear ſmilingly. […] [L]ike that enduring animal
fetch
/fɛt͡ʃ/
noun 6verb 5intj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
close, maximum, old, real, red, thirsty
VERB + FETCH
go, going, got, playing, shape, watch, won't
FETCH + NOUN
cache, cent, chainsaw, children, dog, glass, glasses, hat
PREP.
from, in, with
ADV.
ever
Definitions
verb
1
To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
You have to fetch some sugar in order to proceed with the recipe.
I'm thirsty. Can you fetch me a glass of water, please?
2
To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
Our native horses[…] were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices.
My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
3
To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
to fetch headway or sternway
Meantime flew our ships, and straight we fetched / The siren's isle.
4
To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
5
To take (a breath); to heave (a sigh).
The hurt nigger moaned feebly somewhere near by, and then fetched a deep sigh that made me mend my pace away from there.
noun
1
An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
2
An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
a fetch from a cache
3
The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
4
An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
When a fetch is close to land, this variability will alter anticipated wind directions and velocities.
5
The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction).
From recently completed radar maps of the Brazilian Amazon I determined the shape, maximum fetch and width and orientation of all the lakes greater than 100 meters across in the floodplain […]
For example, a steady wind of 40-50 kilometres/hour - a Force 6 strong breeze - blowing for 12 hours over an initially calm sea and traversing a fetch of 1000 kilometres could produce a significant wave height […]
intj
1
Minced oath for fuck.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
fetch a compass
To make a circuit; to take a circuitous route to a place.
fetch way
To move from the proper place; to come loose.
When running before the wind, she rolled so deep that almost everything fetched way, and a dismal night I passed.
Example Bank
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You have to fetch some sugar in order to proceed with the recipe.
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I'm thirsty. Can you fetch me a glass of water, please?
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SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently. TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie, Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.
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a fetch from a cache
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When a fetch is close to land, this variability will alter anticipated wind directions and velocities.
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From recently completed radar maps of the Brazilian Amazon I determined the shape, maximum fetch and width and orientation of all the lakes greater than 100 meters across in the floodplain […]
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, fetch is marked as literary, figuratively, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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