Meaning

• An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.

• The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts.

• A stratagem or trick; an artifice.

Meaning

• To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.

• To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.

  "If you put some new tyres on it, and clean it up a bit, the car should fetch about $5,000"

• To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.

  "to fetch headway or sternway"

• To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

• To take (a breath), to heave (a sigh)

• To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.

• To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to.

  "to fetch a man to"

• To reduce; to throw.

• To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects.

  "to fetch a compass;  to fetch a leap"

• To make (a pump) draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle.