What does witch mean?
Definitions for witch
wɪtʃwitch
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word witch.
Princeton's WordNet
enchantress, witch(noun)
a female sorcerer or magician
witch(noun)
a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
Wiccan, witch(noun)
a believer in Wicca
hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone(verb)
an ugly evil-looking old woman
hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx(verb)
cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
GCIDE
Witch(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.
Etymology: [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. wtiga, wtga, a soothsayer (cf. Wiseacre); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.]
Wiktionary
witch(Noun)
A man who practises witchcraft.
witch(Noun)
A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
witch
An ugly or unpleasant woman.
I hate that old witch.
witch
A Wiccan.
witch(Noun)
An Atlantic flatfish, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus; Torbay sole.
witch(Verb)
To practise witchcraft
'It approaches the witching hour'.
witch(Verb)
To bewitch
witch
To dowse for water
Webster Dictionary
Witch(noun)
a cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper
Etymology: [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. wtiga, wtga, a soothsayer (cf. Wiseacre); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.]
Witch(noun)
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
Etymology: [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. wtiga, wtga, a soothsayer (cf. Wiseacre); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.]
Witch(noun)
an ugly old woman; a hag
Etymology: [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. wtiga, wtga, a soothsayer (cf. Wiseacre); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.]
Witch(noun)
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
Etymology: [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. wtiga, wtga, a soothsayer (cf. Wiseacre); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.]
Witch(noun)
a certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera
Etymology: [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. wtiga, wtga, a soothsayer (cf. Wiseacre); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.]
Witch(noun)
the stormy petrel
Etymology: [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. wtiga, wtga, a soothsayer (cf. Wiseacre); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.]
Witch(verb)
to bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant
Etymology: [OE. wicche, AS. wicce, fem., wicca, masc.; perhaps the same word as AS. wtiga, wtga, a soothsayer (cf. Wiseacre); cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, vitka to bewitch.]
Freebase
Witch
The Witch flounder or Torbay sole is a right-eyed flatfish found in the North Atlantic. The species lives on soft bottoms between 45 and 1460 m and prefers temperatures of 2–6 °C. It eats mostly crustaceans, worms and brittlestars. It spawns from May to September. It grows to maturity in 3 or 4 years, and may live up to 14 years. The name Torbay sole appears to be a mainly culinary term, following the habit of renaming certain fish to broaden their appeal. It is also called grey flounder, witch flounder as well as other local names. The lefteye flounder Arnoglossus scapha is also known as witch.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Witch
wich, n. a woman regarded as having supernatural or magical power and knowledge through compact with the devil or some minor evil spirit: a hag, crone: (coll.) a fascinating young girl: (Shak.) a wizard.—v.t. to bewitch, to effect by means of witchcraft.—ns. Witch′craft, the craft or practice of witches: the black art, sorcery: supernatural power; Witch′-doc′tor, a medicine-man; Witch′ery, witchcraft: fascination; Witch′es'-broom, a popular name for the broom-like tufts of branches developed on the silver-fir, birch, cherry, &c. by means of an uredineous fungus; Witch′es'-but′ter, a dark-brown fungus (see Nostoc); Witch′es'-thim′ble, the sea-campion; Witch′-find′er, one whose business was to detect witches.—adj. Witch′ing, weird: fascinating.—adv. Witch′ingly.—ns. Witch′-knot, a knot, esp. in the hair, tied by means of witchcraft; Witch′-meal, the inflammable pollen of the club-moss.—adj. Witch′-ridd′en, ridden by witches.—n. Witch′-wife, a woman who practises witchcraft. [M. E. wicche (both masc. and fem.)—A.S. wicca (masc.), wicce (fem.), wizard, witch; prob. reduced from wítega, wítiga, witga, a seer (Old High Ger. wīzago)—a supposed adj. wítig, seeing—wítan, to see, allied to witan, to know. For the change, cf. Orchard—A.S. ortgeard. Cf. Wit and Wicked.]
Witch
Witch-elm, wich, wich′-elm, n. the common wild elm—also Witch′-hā′zel.—n. Witch′en, the mountain-ash or rowan. [A.S. wice, the service-tree—wícan, to bend.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of witch in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of witch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of witch in a Sentence
This is not simply a witch-hunt or a look at Leighton Holdings. This will be a broader look at the larger issue of foreign corrupt practices and the failure of Australian law, and it will ask what can be done and how can we improve.
They're judging him, and I just think it's really unfair, it's a witch hunt.
Clearly there are those who are creating hysteria, who are trying to support this witch hunt.
The Salem witch trials gave more due process to the accused, Donald Trump absurdly claimed, though Donald Trump refused to participate in the impeachment process after The Democrats invited The Democrats to do so. The claim drew an exasperated rebuke from the mayor of Salem, who noted that the 1692 trials targeted' powerless, innocent victims' -- women who died horrific deaths.
Of course, the India government ban has ensured that this film now does proliferate on the Internet, but I have to tell you I am respectful of laws, in any country, and because there is a footprint of YouTube or torrents in India, it is my duty to bring that film off those channels and that is what I do, i will not break laws. I am respectful, I am moral, I have integrity, despite the witch hunt – this Salem-like witch hunt against me by those who are more interested in hiding their shame than saving their women.
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Translations for witch
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- heksAfrikaans
- ساحرةArabic
- ifritəAzerbaijani
- ве́дзьмаBelarusian
- вещицаBulgarian
- sorserezBreton
- bruixaCatalan, Valencian
- moca, strega, maga, sdreiaCorsican
- čarodějniceCzech
- dewines, gwrachWelsh
- heksDanish
- Hexe, HexerGerman
- μάγισσαGreek
- sorĉistinoEsperanto
- brujaSpanish
- nõidEstonian
- sorgin, belagileBasque
- ساحرهPersian
- akka, noita, ämmäFinnish
- sorcière, harpieFrench
- tsjoendsterWestern Frisian
- cailleachIrish
- buidseach, bana-bhuidseach, ban-draoidhScottish Gaelic
- વિચ, ચૂડેલGujarati
- buitçh, caillagh, ben obbeeManx
- מכשפהHebrew
- चुड़ैलHindi
- sòsyèHaitian Creole
- boszorkány, boszorkaHungarian
- վհուկ, կախարդArmenian
- penyihirIndonesian
- nornIcelandic
- strega, fattucchieraItalian
- מְכַשֵׁפָהHebrew
- 魔女, 鬼女Japanese
- გრძნეული, ჯადოქარი, კუდიანიGeorgian
- мыстанKazakh
- ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ, ಮಾಟಗಾತಿ, ಮಾಯಗಾತಿKannada
- 巫堂, 무당Korean
- venefica, saga, maga, malefica, fascinans, fascinatrix, striga, pythonissa, pythonissamLatin
- HexLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- heksLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- raganaLithuanian
- raganaLatvian
- ве́штерка, вештеркаMacedonian
- മന്ത്രവാദംMalayalam
- sahharaMaltese
- heksNorwegian
- kol, tovenaar, heksDutch
- heksNorwegian Nynorsk
- heksNorwegian
- bruèissa, fachilhièra, mascaOccitan
- czarownica, wiedźmaPolish
- bruxa, bruxoPortuguese
- stria, streiaRomansh
- vrăjitor, vrăjitoareRomanian
- ве́дьма, колду́нья, волше́бница, чароде́йка, карга́, ведьмаRussian
- вештица, veštac, вештац, vešticaSerbo-Croatian
- čarodejnica, striga, bosorkaSlovak
- coprnca, čarovnicaSlovene
- shtrigë, magjistareAlbanian
- trollkvinna, trollkarl, häxa, trollpackaSwedish
- mchawiSwahili
- சூனியக்காரி, விரிச்சிகன், சூனியTamil
- మంత్రగత్తెTelugu
- cadıTurkish
- ві́дьмаUkrainian
- ڈائنUrdu
- phù thủyVietnamese
- magivan, himagivan, jimagivanVolapük
- מעכאַשייפעYiddish
- 巫婆Chinese
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