witch¹ /wich/

1. A person, esp a woman, supposed to have supernatural or magical power and knowledge esp through compact with the Devil or a minor evil spirit
2. A hag, crone
3. A dangerously or irresistibly fascinating woman (informal)
4. A wizard (now rare)
5. A flatfish, the craigfluke
6. (also witch of Agnesi /än-yāˈzi/) a curve whose equation is x²y=4a²(2a−y) (mathematics)

1. To bewitch
2. To effect, change, transport, etc by means of witchcraft
3. To fascinate

To practise witchcraft or fascination

witchˈery noun

1. Witchcraft
2. Fascination

witchˈing noun

1. Sorcery
2. Enchantment

1. Suited to witchcraft
2. Weird
3. Fascinating

witchˈingly adverb

witchˈlike adjective

witˈchy adjective

Witchlike, suggestive of witches

witchˈcraft noun

1. The craft or practice of witches
2. The black art, sorcery
3. Supernatural power

witch doctor noun

1. In tribal societies, a magician who detects witches and counteracts evil magical influences
2. Someone who professes to heal by means of magic

witchˈ-elm noun

A less common spelling of wych-elm

witches' brew noun (figurative)

A heady concoction of disparate elements, a confused or mysterious mixture

witches' broom noun

A dense tuft of poorly developed branches formed on a woody plant attacked by a parasite (chiefly fungi and mites)

witches' butter noun

Nostoc and other gelatinous blue-green algae

witches' meat noun

Tremella

• find-faults
• make capital of
• make capital out of
• make certain
• make certain of
• make cheeses
• make choice of
• make common cause
• make common cause with
• make difficulties
• make do
• make-do
• make do with
• make down
• make ducks and drakes
• make ends meet
• make eyes at
• make faces at
• make fair weather
• make first base
• make fish of one and flesh of another
• make fish of one and fowl of another
• make for
• make foul water
• make free with