(nautical) To make a circuit; to take a circuitous route to a place.

Alternative form of short-fetched

(obsolete, of breathing) shallow / (Oceanography, of waves) starting close to shore, shallow, recently formed / (by analogy with far-fetched, humorous) very likely, easy to believe, obvious

plural of fetch candle

To move from the proper place; to come loose.

simple past tense and past participle of fetch way

present participle of fetch and carry

simple past tense and past participle of fetch and carry

(dated) Gossipy, tale-bearing.

An act of fetching and carrying. / (figuratively) A person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner.