Fetch vs. Retch

Fetchverb

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

Fetchverb

To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.

Fetchverb

(nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.

Fetchverb

(intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

Fetchverb

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

Fetchverb

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

Fetchverb

(obsolete) To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to.

Fetchverb

To reduce; to throw.

Fetchverb

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

Fetchverb

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

Fetchnoun

The object of fetching; the source and origin of attraction; a force, quality or propensity which is attracting eg., in a given attribute of person, place, object, principle, etc.

Fetchnoun

A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice.

Fetchnoun

(computing) The act of fetching data.

Fetchverb

To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.

Fetchverb

To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.

Fetchverb

To recall from a swoon; to revive; - sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to.

Fetchverb

To reduce; to throw.

Fetchverb

To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.

Fetchverb

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

Fetchverb

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

Fetchverb

To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

Fetchnoun

A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice.

Fetchnoun

The apparation of a living person; a wraith.

Fetchnoun

The unobstructed region of the ocean over which the wind blows to generate waves.

Fetchnoun

The length of such a region.

Fetchverb

go or come after and bring or take back;

Fetchverb

be sold for a certain price;

Fetchverb

take away or remove;

Fetchverb

go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone

Fetchverb

bring forth (blood or tears)

Fetchverb

take a (breath); heave (a sigh).

Fetchverb

achieve (a particular price) when sold

Fetchverb

inflict (a blow or slap) on (someone)

Fetchverb

cause great interest or delight in (someone)

Fetchnoun

the distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.

Fetchnoun

the distance a vessel must sail to reach open water.

Fetchnoun

a stratagem or trick.

Fetchnoun

the apparition or double of a living person, formerly believed to be a warning of that person's impending death.

Retchverb

(dialectal) to reach

Retchverb

To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.

Retchverb

To reck

Retchnoun

An unsuccessful effort to vomit.

Retchverb

To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.

Retchverb

To care for; to heed; to reck.

Retchnoun

an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting;

Retchverb

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

Retchverb

make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit