Dictionary Entry
witch
witch is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
An ugly old woman; a hag.
- 4noun
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.
- 5noun
A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
- 6noun
The stormy petrel.
- 7transitive verb
To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.
- 8noun
a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
- 9noun
a female sorcerer or magician
Synonyms
- 10noun
an ugly evil-looking old woman
- 11noun
a believer in Wicca
- 12verb
cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
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