present participle of fetch up

present participle of fetch and carry

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

Alternative spelling of far-fetched

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

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

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

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

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