|
|
1. (n.) witch
a person, now esp. a woman, who professes or is believed to practice magic, esp. black magic; sorceress.
2. witch
an ugly or mean old woman; hag.
3. witch
a person who uses a divining rod; dowser.
4. (v.t.) witch
to subject to or bring about by or as if by witchcraft.
5. witch
Archaic. to affect as if by witchcraft; bewitch; charm.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME wicche, OE wicce (fem.); cf. OE wicca (masc.) wizard, akin to wiccian to practice magic, c. MLG wikken)
|
| Definition of 'WITCH' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) enchantress, witch
a female sorcerer or magician
2. (noun) witch
a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
3. (noun) Wiccan, witch
a believer in Wicca
4. (verb) hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone
an ugly evil-looking old woman
5. (verb) hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx
cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
|
|
|
1. (noun) witch
a woman with magic powers in stories
The witch had cast a spell on him.
|
| Definition of 'WITCH' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) WITCH
a cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper
2. (noun) WITCH
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
3. (noun) WITCH
an ugly old woman; a hag
4. (noun) WITCH
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
5. (noun) WITCH
a certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera
6. (noun) WITCH
the stormy petrel
7. (verb) WITCH
to bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant
|
|
|
Sense: a woman who is supposed to have powers of magic, usually through working with the devil.
|
 Afrikaans: heks |
 Arabic: ساحِرَه |
 Bulgarian: вещица |
 Brazilian: bruxa |
 Czech: čarodějnice |
 German: die Hexe |
 Danish: heks |
 Greek: μάγισσα |
 Spanish: bruja |
 Estonian: nõid |
 Farsi: ساحره |
 Finnish: noita |
 French: sorcière |
 Hebrew: מַכשֵפָּה |
 Hindi: डायन |
 Croatian: vještica |
 Hungarian: boszorkány |
 Indonesian: penyihir |
 Icelandic: galdranorn |
 Italian: strega |
 Japanese: 魔女 |
 Korean: 마녀 |
 Lithuanian: ragana |
 Latvian: ragana |
 Malay: ahli sihir perempuan |
 Dutch: heks |
 Norwegian: heks |
 Polish: czarownica |
 Persian: ساحره |
 Pashto: كوډ ګره (ښځه)، جادو ګره، |
 Portuguese: bruxa |
 Romanian: vrăjitoare |
 Russian: ведьма |
 Slovak: čarodejnica, bosorka |
 Slovenian: čarovnica |
 Serbian: veštica |
 Swedish: häxa, trollpacka |
 Thai: แม่มด |
 Turkish: büyücü kadın, cadı |
 Taiwanese: 女巫 |
 Ukrainian: ворожка; відьма |
 Urdu: جادو گرنی |
 Vietnamese: mụ phù thủy |
 Chinese: 女巫 |
Get even more translations for WITCH...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'WITCH' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of WITCH 
