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The correct spelling is fetching.
How to pronounce fetching
/ˈfɛtʃɪŋ/
verbIPA: /ˈfɛtʃɪŋ/
Say it like: Fec-hin-g
The correct spelling is fetching. To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get. For example: "If you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000"
Usage Examples
“If you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000”
“to fetch headway or sternway”
“to fetch a man to”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
- 2.To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
- 3.To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
- 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)
adjective
- 1.Attractive; pleasant to regard.
noun
- 1.The act by which something is fetched.
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