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fetching - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective
from The Century Dictionary.
fetching bonnet. fetching practice of prelates,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective Attractive ; pleasant to regard .verb fetch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective
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I can get the obedience down, then let someone else work their magic as far as the force fetching is concerned.
Force Fetch: Are You (Am I) Ready for the Challenge? 2009
In case my spate of reviews should be giving the impression that I'm living (as my ex said not long after we parted) entirely for pleasure, I thought I'd bring you all up to date with what I'm doing when not swanning the theatres of New York in fetching outfits and neo-vintage hats.
Still Writing deliasherman 2010
I can get the obedience down, then let someone else work their magic as far as the force fetching is concerned.
Force Fetch: Are You (Am I) Ready for the Challenge? 2009
In case my spate of reviews should be giving the impression that I'm living (as my ex said not long after we parted) entirely for pleasure, I thought I'd bring you all up to date with what I'm doing when not swanning the theatres of New York in fetching outfits and neo-vintage hats.
Still Writing deliasherman 2010
Intelligent pre-fetching is a fine idea for boosting performance.
Abandon Vista. We don’t need another desktop OS « Squash 2006
Wind and sea had sprung up, and the Dazzler was rolling and tossing and now and again fetching up on her anchor-chain with a savage jerk.
Chapter XIV 1902
The power of Christ, in fetching money out of a fish's mouth for this purpose.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
God had both ways altered the course of nature, both in fetching streams out of the rock and turning streams into rock, v. 15.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
The trading was broken into several pieces, with the calls fetching about $2.31 and the puts some $1.49, according to optionMONSTER's tracking programs.
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page optionMONSTER 2010
But as NASA planners look hard for the billions of dollars for a mission to return a few ounces of rock from Mars, the notion of fetching supertanker quantities from even-farther-out Titan seems completely absurd.
Dr. Philip Neches: The Gulf Oil Spill: What Peak Oil Looks Like 2010
sonofgroucho commented on the word fetching
Even more old-fashioned than handsome.
September 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word fetching
What a handsome word. ;-)
September 16, 2007
madmouth commented on the word fetching
a delicate implication of sex appeal.
June 30, 2009
yarb commented on the word fetching
Like felching, but more traditional.
June 30, 2009
madmouth commented on the word fetching
Unfortunate Sound-Alikes
June 30, 2009