The meaning of Witch

noun

A large axe used as a weapon in the past

Usage examples:

Our headmistress was a real old battleaxe.

noun

An old woman.

Usage examples:

We were in an alcove adjacent to one end, next to two ancient beldames who were tucking into a garg…

noun

A female dog, wolf, fox, or otter.

Usage examples:

A female puppy or bitch reaches sexual maturity at roughly the same age as a male; however, there a…

verb

Make spitefully critical comments.

Usage examples:

Everybody was bitching about their colleagues

noun

A female dog

noun

A fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef.

Usage examples:

A dairy cow

verb

Cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation.

Usage examples:

The intellectuals had been cowed into silence

noun

Female of domestic cattle

noun

An ugly old woman.

Usage examples:

He is not the ideal spokesman to challenge a double standard that celebrates older fathers as randy…

noun

An unpleasant or ugly old woman

noun

A woman who uses magic to put someone or something under a spell.

Usage examples:

There were four ranks a person could be - witch or wizard, mage, enchanter or enchantress, and sorc…

noun

A woman with magical powers

noun

A witch.

Usage examples:

This is a place where witches aren't green hags, flying broomsticks, and scaring children away.

noun

An overhang of peat.

Usage examples:

But so were the boulders and lumps of peat hag which pocked the scene.

abbreviation

Haggai (in biblical references).

noun

A rapacious monster described as having a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a woman's face.

Usage examples:

The harpy woman shook her wings and let out a blood curdling cry from the depths of her throat, rai…

noun

In greek mythology, a creature with the head of a woman and the body of a bird

noun

A strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman.

Usage examples:

A bullying old harridan

noun

An unpleasant woman, especially an older one, who is often angry and often tells other people what to do

verb

Cast a spell on; bewitch.

Usage examples:

He hexed her with his fingers

noun

A magic spell; a curse.

Usage examples:

A death hex

adjective

Short for hexadecimal.

noun

A person who practises necromancy; a wizard or magician.

Usage examples:

Dr faustus, a necromancer of the 16th century

noun

Someone who claims to communicate with the dead in order to discover what is going to happen in the future, or who is involved in black magic (= magic used for bad purposes)

Usage examples:

Leonardo da vinci was thought to be a necromancer due to his extensive knowledge of human anatomy a…

noun

A woman believed to be possessed by a familiar spirit and to be able to foresee the future.

Usage examples:

An elevated term for a witch was pythoness, which came to us in medieval times from medical latin v…

verb

Remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

Mum took anna away, scolding her for her bad behaviour

noun

A person who nags or grumbles constantly (typically used of a woman).

Usage examples:

His mother was the village scold

verb

Censure severely or angrily

noun

A woman who is considered to be dangerous or evil

noun

A female sorcerer; a witch.

Usage examples:

Slowly the other sorceresses and magicians had reclaimed some of the colors, but they were rare and…

noun

In stories, a woman who has magical powers and who uses them to harm other people

noun

Archaic term for target (sense 2 of the noun).

noun

A formidably aggressive older woman.

Usage examples:

She was an old targe of a schoolteacher

noun

A harsh-tempered or overbearing woman.

Usage examples:

Your highness, sorry about the shrieking termagant!

adjective

Of or relating to wicca (= a modern religion based on magic)

Usage examples:

There are a lot of people out there who are wiccan., several years later he became a wiccan priest.…