"fet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɛt/ Audio: En-au-fet.ogg [Australia] Forms: fets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Compare feat, French fait, and Italian fetta (“slice”), German Fetzen (“rag”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|feat}} feat, {{cog|fr|fait}} French fait, {{cog|it|fetta|t=slice}} Italian fetta (“slice”), {{cog|de|Fetzen|t=rag}} German Fetzen (“rag”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fet (plural fets)
  1. (obsolete) A piece. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fet-en-noun-9wcbRo0z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /fɛt/ Audio: En-au-fet.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɛt Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} fet (plural not attested)
  1. (BDSM, slang) Clipping of fetish. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, no-plural, slang Alternative form of: fetish Categories (topical): BDSM
    Sense id: en-fet-en-noun-d71dZ-dp Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /fɛt/ Audio: En-au-fet.ogg [Australia] Forms: fets [present, singular, third-person], fetting [participle, present], fet [participle, past], fet [past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle English fetten, feten, from Old English fetian, fatian (“to bring, fetch”), probably a conflation of Proto-Germanic *fetaną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”); and Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to hold, seize”), also from Proto-Indo-European *ped-. Cognate with Dutch vatten (“to catch, grab”), German fassen (“to lay hold of, seize, take, hold”). Compare also Icelandic feta (“to find one's way”). More at fetch. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ped-}} [Template:root], {{der|en|enm|fetten}} Middle English fetten, {{m|enm|feten}} feten, {{der|en|ang|fetian}} Old English fetian, {{m|ang|fatian|t=to bring, fetch}} fatian (“to bring, fetch”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fetaną|t=to go}} Proto-Germanic *fetaną (“to go”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ped-|t=to walk, stumble, fall}} Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to walk, stumble, fall”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fatōną|t=to hold, seize}} Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to hold, seize”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ped-}} Proto-Indo-European *ped-, {{cog|nl|vatten|t=to catch, grab}} Dutch vatten (“to catch, grab”), {{cog|de|fassen|t=to lay hold of, seize, take, hold}} German fassen (“to lay hold of, seize, take, hold”), {{cog|is|feta|t=to find one's way}} Icelandic feta (“to find one's way”), {{m|en|fetch}} fetch Head templates: {{en-verb|fets|fetting|fet}} fet (third-person singular simple present fets, present participle fetting, simple past and past participle fet)
  1. (obsolete) To fetch. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: farfet
    Sense id: en-fet-en-verb-rFd~GfH7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals Disambiguation of English nouns with unattested plurals: 9 35 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "1": "!"
      },
      "expansion": "fet (plural not attested)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "fetish"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
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        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:BDSM"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1997, NuBabyByte, “Iron Shackles, Bare Feet”, in alt.torture (Usenet)",
          "text": "oh, btw...when you consider the fet-clothing available out there, realize how many have a collar attached.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Morgane, “Relatives turning up in the scene”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet)",
          "text": "It was 'Lingerie Night' at a local fet club a few years ago.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of fetish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "BDSM",
          "BDSM"
        ],
        [
          "fetish",
          "fetish#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(BDSM, slang) Clipping of fetish."
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "no-plural",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "BDSM",
        "lifestyle",
        "sexuality"
      ]
    }
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
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  "word": "fet"
}

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