Meaning of Fetch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.
   also, figuratively
2. The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith (“a person's likeness seen just after their death; a ghost, a spectre”).
   dialectal
3. An act of fetching data.
   also, figuratively, specifically
4. The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.
5. An area over which wind is blowing (over water) and generating waves.
6. The length of such an area; the distance a wave can travel across a body of water (without obstruction).
7. A stratagem or trick; an artifice.
8. A game played with a dog in which a person throws an object for the dog to retrieve.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“a fetch⟳ from a cache”

“When a fetch⟳ is close⟳ to land⟳, this variability will alter anticipated wind directions and velocities.”

“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 […]”

“Wind waves continue⟳ to grow⟳ within the fetch⟳ area, [...] A graphical wave⟳ hindcasting method by means of Wilson's fetch⟳ diagrams produced an estimate⟳ of H_(1/3) = 9.4 m and T_(1/3) = 12.3 s over the fetch⟳ of about 1,800 km on the 7th of April.”

“They used cunning fetches to swindle money out of the gullible.”

“Every little fetch⟳ of wit and criticism.”

“And as to your cant of living single, nobody will believe⟳ you. This is one of your fetches to avoid⟳ complying with your duty […].”

“In these dilapidated articles of dress she had, on principle, arrayed herself, time out of mind⟳, on such occasions as the present⟳; for this at once expressed a decent amount of veneration for the deceased, and invited the next of kin to present⟳ her with a fresher set⟳ of weeds: an appeal so frequently successful, that the very fetch⟳ and ghost of Mrs. Gamp, bonnet and all, might be seen hanging up, at any hour of the day, in at least a dozen of the second-hand clothes shops around Holborn.”

“I think⟳ it was a fetch⟳. [...] Folk say⟳ a fetch⟳ is seen at its departing / From a cold house whence it shall lead⟳ a soul; / But this comes like⟳ a child-birth closing in, / And so perchance it does but signify / The consciousness of death that breaks in all.”

“Several farm maidservants meet⟳ to see⟳ their future lovers' spirits on Midsummer Eve, but see⟳ only the "fetch⟳" or double⟳ of one of them, foretelling her death.”

“"If you're after some money," said the millionaire, "move⟳ that cat out of the way." Catweazle shook his head. "Mayhap 'tis a fetch⟳." Victor was very taken aback. "A fetch⟳?" he gulped. "That's a witch in the shape⟳ of a cat, isn't it?" "Ay," said Catweazle calmly.”

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