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short-fetched

UK/ˈʃɔːtfɛtʃt/US/ˈʃɔɹtfɛtʃt/

short-fetched adjective: shallow.

Adjective

short-fetched (comparative more short-fetched, superlative most short-fetched)

  1. (obsolete) shallow
  2. (Oceanography) starting close to shore, shallow, recently formed
  3. (humorous, by analogy with far-fetched) very likely, easy to believe, obvious

Forms of short-fetched

comparativemore short-fetched
superlativemost short-fetched
alternative formshort fetched
alternative formshortfetched

Origin of short-fetched

From short + fetched.

Words that rhyme with short-fetched

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about short-fetched

What does short-fetched mean?
Short-fetched means shallow.
What part of speech is short-fetched?
Short-fetched is an adjective.
How do you pronounce short-fetched?
Short-fetched is pronounced /ˈʃɔːtfɛtʃt/ (UK).

Words near short-fetched in the dictionary

  1. short-faced bear
  2. short-faced bears
  3. short-faced kangaroo
  4. short-fall
  5. short-falls
  6. short-fetched
  7. short-finned eel
  8. short-finned eels
  9. short-finned pilot whale
  10. short-finned pilot whales
  11. short-form

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