fetching

1. To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
2. 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

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

   to fetch headway or sternway

4. To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
5. To take (a breath), to heave (a sigh)
6. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
7. To recall from a swoon; to revive; sometimes with to.

   to fetch a man to

8. To reduce; to throw.
9. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects.

   to fetch a compass;  to fetch a leap

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

adjective

Attractive; pleasant to regard.

noun

The act by which something is fetched.