witchwitch /wɪtʃ/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINwitch
ExamplesOrigin:
Old English wicca ‘wizard’ and wicce ‘witch’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- The old woman had only pretended to be so kind; she was in reality a wicked witch.
- A black witch, casting spells from her hiding-place in the corner.
- Almost immediately afterward, Rapunzel was spirited away by the witch.
- He wants me to be a witch.
- It was probably this practice that gave rise to the popular image of witches flying on broomsticks.
- They paint witches and goblins in black and in primary colors.
- We have witches all year round.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone with magic powers► witch
Collocations a woman who is believed to have magic power, which she uses especially to harm people or make bad things happen; in stories, witches are usually shown dressed in black with a tall, pointed hat: · The old woman had only pretended to be so kind; she was in reality a wicked witch.
► fairy an imaginary creature like a small person with wings, who has magic powers: · A beautiful fairy danced near him, and he reached out to catch her, but caught only her handkerchief.
► magician/wizard a man who is believed to have magic power; in stories, magicians and wizards are usually shown as having a long beard and a pointed hat with stars and moons on it: · The wizard's ring had the power to make him invisible.· The magician knew that behind the door lay an enchanted garden.
► magician also conjuror especially British someone who does magic tricks in order to entertain people: · We watched in amazement as the magician made all the rings disappear.· The conjuror's tricks delighted the children.
WORD SETS► Occultbanshee, nouncoven, noundemon, noundemonic, adjectivedevil, nounESP, nounevil, adjectiveexorcism, nounexorcist, nounexorcize, verbextra-sensory perception, nounfiend, nounfortune-teller, nounmedium, nounmind reader, nounnecromancy, nounpalmist, nounpalmistry, nounpalm reader, nounparanormal, adjectiveparapsychology, nounpossessed, adjectiveprophecy, nounprophesy, verbpsychic, adjectivepsychic, nounpsychokinesis, nounseance, nounsoothsayer, nounspirit, nounSvengali, nountarot, nountelepathic, adjectivetelepathy, nounwitch, nounwizard, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► old
1a woman who is supposed to have magic powers, especially to do bad things → wizard2informal an insulting word for a woman who is old or unpleasant· It fitted in with the way the old witch had treated him.· And I packed that old witch off to the village.· Had you flown up the chimney like the wicked old witch? l didn't think so, somehow.· The old witch took a gulp. ` Oh.· The old witch has vanished as mysteriously as she appeared.· I went to the old witch in the woods once.· He's not supposed to kill me now, the old witch said.· Tomorrow, well, you can have your old witch back.
► wicked· Had you flown up the chimney like the wicked old witch? l didn't think so, somehow.· The old woman had only pretended to be so kind; she was in reality a wicked witch.· By the end of the evening, it was easy to cast Mr Smillie as the wicked witch.
NOUN► hazel· The messenger departed in search of witch hazel for his neck, leaving Blondel even more despondent than before.· For very oily skin or acne, you could use a more astringent base such as witch hazel.
► hunt· We would all do well to remember that, and not transform a debate about right-wing imagery into a witch hunt.· He has accused Starr, the independent Whitewater counsel, of conducting a partisan witch hunt.· First, they generated a witch hunt inside the palace to discover my sources.· Why was the witch hunt of the l9S0s mobilized at that particular time?· Instead of a witch hunt, the government showed a united front.
► trial· It was in the witch trials that the exquisite symbiosis between Power and the judiciary is perhaps best illustrated.