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fetching in

fetching in is the present participle and gerund of fetch in.

Meaning of fetch in

Verb

fetch in (third-person singular simple present fetches in, present participle fetching in, simple past and past participle fetched in)

  1. (archaic) To capture (someone) or arrest (someone); to close in upon (someone).
  2. (archaic) To bring (someone or something, often an animal) inside.

Questions about fetching in

What is fetching in the present participle and gerund of?
Fetching in is the present participle and gerund of fetch in.

Words near fetching in in the dictionary

  1. fetching
  2. fetching a compass
  3. fetching about
  4. fetching and carrying
  5. fetching away
  6. fetching in
  7. fetching off
  8. fetching up
  9. fetching way
  10. fetchingly
  11. fetchingness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fetching in (page history and authors); fetch in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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