Witch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A woman claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery.
  • n. A believer or follower of Wicca; a Wiccan.
  • n. A hag.
  • n. A woman considered to be spiteful or overbearing.
  • n. Informal A woman or girl considered bewitching.
  • n. One particularly skilled or competent at one's craft: "A witch of a writer, [she] is capable of developing an intensity that verges on ferocity” ( Peter S. Prescott).
  • v. To work or cast a spell on; bewitch.
  • v. To cause, bring, or effect by witchcraft.
  • verb-intransitive. To use a divining rod to find underground water or minerals; dowse.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A man who practises witchcraft.
  • n. A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
  • n. An ugly or unpleasant woman.
  • n. A Wiccan.
  • v. To practise witchcraft
  • v. To bewitch
  • n. An Atlantic flatfish, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus; Torbay sole.
  • v. To dowse for water
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
  • n. One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.
  • n. An ugly old woman; a hag.
  • n. One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child.
  • n. A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
  • n. The stormy petrel.
  • n. A Wiccan; an adherent or practitioner of Wicca, a religion which in different forms may be paganistic and nature-oriented, or ditheistic. The term witch applies to both male and female adherents in this sense.
  • v. To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A modified and simplified form of a Jacquard attachment to a loom, for a more limited range of work; a dobby or index-machine.
  • n. A person (of either sex) given to the black art; a sorcerer; a conjurer; a wizard; later and more particularly, a woman supposed to have formed a compact with the devil or with evil spirits, and to be able by their aid to operate supernaturally; one who practises sorcery or enchantment; a sorceress.
  • n. An old, ugly, and crabbed or malignant woman; a hag; a crone: a term of abuse.
  • n. A fascinating woman; a woman, especially a young woman or a girl, possessed of peculiar attractions, whether of beauty or of manners; a bewitching or charming young woman or girl.
  • n. A charm or spell.
  • n. A petrel: doubtless so called from its incessant flight, often kept up in the dark.
  • n. A water-witch.
  • n. The pole, pole-dab, or craigfluke, a kind of flatfish.
  • To bewitch; fascinate; enchant.
  • To work by charms or witchcraft; effect, cause, or bring by or as by witchcraft.
  • n. The witch-elm, Ulmus montana.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
  • n. a believer in Wicca
  • v. cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
  • n. an ugly evil-looking old woman
  • n. a female sorcerer or magician
  • Verb Form
    witched    witches    witching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pagan    old woman    occultist   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    witched    witching    witcher   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hag    bewitch    fascinate    enchant    unpleasant    ugly    woman    or    ugly person    wizardess   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Fitch    Ich    Mich    Mitch    Rich    Ritch    bewitch    bitch    ditch    enrich   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wizard    demon    vampire    dragon    devil    ghost    warrior    priest    God    creature