(intransitive, dated) To move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away (from) a given position.

plural of fetch quest

(role-playing games, video games) An in-game quest (mission) in which an object or objects must be acquired and brought back to the quest-giver or given to some other designated party.

Alternative spelling of far-fetched

(obsolete) Brought from far away. / Not likely; difficult to believe.

To serve obsequiously. / (dated) To carry gossip, news, etc., from one person to another; to bear tales, to gossip.

A light seen at night, superstitiously believed to portend a person's death.

(intransitive) To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly. / (transitive, obsolete) To overtake. / (intransitive and transitive) To vomit.

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

Alternative form of short-fetched