short-fetched
English
/ˈʃɔːtfɛtʃt/, /ˈʃɔɹtfɛtʃt/
adj
Definitions
- (obsolete) shallow
- (Oceanography) starting close to shore, shallow, recently formed
- (by analogy with far-fetched) very likely, easy to believe, obvious
Etymology
Compound from English short (brittle, of pastry) + English fetched.
Origin
English
fetched
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Shorty English
- antishort English
- fetched English
- megashort English
- short English
- short fetched English
- short-legged English
- short-lived English
- short-tailed hawk English
- shortage English
- shortarse English
- shortboard English
- shortbow English
- shortbread English
- shortcake English
- shortchange English
- shortclothes English
- shortcode English
- shortcrust English
- shortcut English
- shorten English
- shortfall English
- shortfalling English
- shortfetched English
- shortfic English
- shortfin English
- shortform English
- shortgown English
- shortgrass English
- shorth English
- shorthair English
- shorthaired English
- shorthand English
- shorthanded English
- shorthead English
- shorthold English
- shorthorn English
- shortie English
- shortify English
- shortish English
- shortleaf English
- shortline English
- shortly English
- shortness English
- shortnose English
- shortsea English
- shortsheet English
- shortsome English
- shortstop English
- shortsword English
- shorttail English
- shortwall English
- shortward English
- shortwards English
- shortwave English
- shortwing English
- shorty English
- supershort English
- ultrashort English
- shortata Finnish
- short Italian
- short French
- ショート Japanese
- schort Middle English
- short Chinese
- 秀逗 Chinese
- sotpela Tok Pisin
- short
- Shorty
- shorty
- shorth
- shorten
- shortly
- fetched
- shortie
- shortfic
- shortify
- shortage
- shortish
- shortbow
- shortfin
- shortcut
- shortsea
- shortward
- shortfall
- shortwall
- shortcake
- shorthair
- shortness
- antishort
- shortcode
- shorthold
- shortstop
- shortwave
- shortform
- shorttail
- shortnose
- shortgown
- shortarse
- shorthorn
- shortwing
- shorthead
- shortsome
- shorthand
- megashort
- shortleaf
- shortline
- supershort
- shortbread
- shortsheet
- shortgrass
- shortcrust
- shortwards
- shortsword
- shortboard
- ultrashort
- shortchange
- short-lived
- shorthanded
- shorthaired
- shortclothes
- shortfetched
- short-legged
- shortfalling
- short fetched
- short-tailed hawk