fetch — to go and bring back someone or something
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to go and bring back someone or something
Pronunciation (IPA): /fɛtʃ/
Korean meaning: 가져오다, 데려오다
Korean pronunciation: **페**치
Example Sentences
- My dog can fetch my slippers, but he refuses to fetch my homework excuses.
- The vintage comic book fetched an unexpected fortune at the estate sale.
- I asked my teenager to fetch groceries, but they fetched attitude instead.
fetch
VERB//fɛtʃ//
to go and bring back someone or something
💡 Concept
Brother fetching the paper boat
🎵 Rhyme
Fetch the frisbee, catch and match!
🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/fɛtʃ/
🇬🇧 UK/fɛtʃ/
🌳Etymology
Rootfetch
Origin
고대 영어 'feccan'에서 유래되어 '가져오다'라는 의미로 발전했습니다. 개가 던진 공을 가져오는 모습에서 현재의 의미가 굳어졌어요.
🎵Rhyme
catchmatchpatchstretch
catch
match
patch
stretch
🔗Collocations
fetch water
fetch a high price
fetch and carry
fetch the doctor
fetch data
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“My dog can fetch my slippers, but he refuses to fetch my homework excuses.”
“The vintage comic book fetched an unexpected fortune at the estate sale.”
😄 Fun example
“I asked my teenager to fetch groceries, but they fetched attitude instead.”
“The software can fetch real-time data from multiple servers simultaneously.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
retrievebringgetobtaincollect
Antonyms
deliversendgive
Related
carrytransportconveyacquire
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