fetch

Everyday

1. To go to get something or someone and bring them back: fetch the ball, fetch your coat. tree →
2. To be sold for a certain price: the old car fetched 500 dollars. tree →
3. "Fetch" is also a game where you throw a ball or stick for a dog to bring back. tree →

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 →
• The dog fetched the stick from the river. tree →
• Can you fetch me a glass of water? tree →
• Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. tree →
• We played fetch with Bella in the park. tree →
• Mum went to fetch my sister from school. tree →
• The painting fetched a lot of money at the sale. tree →
• His story about a talking dragon was a bit far-fetched. tree →

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 Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Abraham has water fetched for his guests. Tradition praises his welcome of strangers (hachnasat orchim) as a model, and the law forbids fetching a poor man's pledge by force. In the primary 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

• Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree. (Torah GEN.18.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. (Torah DEU.24.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury food, such as his father loved. (Torah GEN.27.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. (Prophets 1KI.7.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he deserveth to die.' (Prophets 1SA.20.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. (Writings JOB.36.3, JPS 1917) tree →

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.