1. witch(n = noun.person) enchantress - a female sorcerer or magician;
is a kind of occultist
Derived form verb witch1
2. witch(n = noun.person) - a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil;
is a kind of imaginary being, imaginary creature
is a member of coven
has particulars: pythoness, warlock
Derived form verb witch1
3. witch(n = noun.person) wiccan - a believer in Wicca;
is a kind of pagan
4. witch(n = noun.person) beldam, beldame, crone, hag - an ugly evil-looking old woman;
is a kind of old woman
witch(v = verb.communication) bewitch, enchant, glamour, hex, jinx - cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something;
is one way to becharm, charm
Derived forms noun witch2, noun witch1, noun witchery1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper. [1913 Webster]
1. 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. [1913 Webster]
"There was a man in that city whose name was Simon, a witch." [1913 Webster]
"He can not abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch." [1913 Webster]
2. An ugly old woman; a hag. Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. 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. [1913 Webster]
4. A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera. [1913 Webster]
5. The stormy petrel. [1913 Webster]
6. 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. [PJC]
To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant. [1913 Webster]
"[I 'll] witch sweet ladies with my words and looks." [1913 Webster]
"Whether within us or without
The spell of this illusion be
That witches us to hear and see." [1913 Webster]
witch, n. & v.
--n.
1 a sorceress, esp. a woman supposed to have dealings with the devil or evil spirits.
2 an ugly old woman; a hag.
3 a fascinating girl or woman.
4 a flat-fish, Pleuronectes cynoglossus, resembling the lemon sole.
--v.tr. archaic 1 bewitch.
2 fascinate, charm, lure.
Idiom:
witch-doctor a tribal magician of primitive people. witches' sabbath see SABBATH 3. witch-hunt
1 hist. a search for and persecution of supposed witches.
2 a campaign directed against a particular group of those holding unpopular or unorthodox views, esp. communists. the witching hour midnight, when witches are supposedly active (after Shakesp. Hamlet III. ii. 377 the witching time of night).
Derivative:
witching adj. witchlike adj.
Etymology:
OE wicca (masc.), wicce (fem.), rel. to wiccian (v.) practise magic arts
N ugliness, deformity, inelegance, acomia, disfigurement, want of symmetry, inconcinnity, distortion, squalor, forbidding countenance, vinegar aspect, hanging look, wry face, spretae injuria formae, eyesore, object, witch, hag, figure, sight, fright, monster, dog, woofer, pig, octopus, specter, scarecrow, harridan, satyr, toad, monkey, baboon, Caliban, Aesop, monstrum horrendum informe ingens cui lumen adempt, ugly, ugly as sin, ugly as a toad, ugly as a scarecrow, ugly as a dead monkey, plain, bald (unadorned), homely, ordinary, unornamental, inartistic, unsightly, unseemly, uncomely, unlovely, unshapely, sightless, seemless, not fit to be seen, unbeauteous, unbeautiful, beautiless, semibeautiful, shapeless, misshapen, misproportioned, monstrous, gaunt, dumpy, curtailed of its fair proportions, ill-made, ill- shaped, ill-proportioned, crooked, hard featured, hard visaged, ill-favored, hard-favored, evil-favored, ill-looking, unprepossessing, unattractive, uninviting, unpleasing, graceless, inelegant, ungraceful, ungainly, uncouth, stiff, rugged, rough, gross, rude, awkward, clumsy, slouching, rickety, gawky, lumping, lumpish, lumbering, hulky, hulking, unwieldy, squalid, haggard, grim, grim faced, grim visaged, grisly, ghastly, ghost like, death like, cadaverous, grewsome, gruesome, frightful, hideous, odious, uncanny, forbidding, repellant, repulsive, repugnant, grotesque, bizarre, grody, grody to the max, horrid, horrible, shocking, foul, dingy, gaudy, disfigured, discolored.
N sorcerer, magician, thaumaturgist, theurgist, conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch, hoodoo, voodoo, fairy, lamia, hag, warlock, charmer, exorcist, mage, cunning man, medicine man, Shaman, figure flinger, ecstatica, medium, clairvoyant, fortune teller, mesmerist, deus ex machina, soothsayer, Katerfelto, Cagliostro, Mesmer, Rosicrucian, Circe, siren, weird sisters.
N oracle, prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex, aruspice, haruspice, haruspex, astrologer, star gazer, Sibyl, Python, Pythoness, Pythia, Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle, Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves, Zadkiel, Old Moore, sorcerer, interpreter, predictor, prognosticator, forecaster, weather forecaster, weatherman, a prophet is without honor in his own country, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the.
old witch grass, vernal witch hazel, virginian witch hazel, water witch, witch alder, witch broom, witch doctor, witch elm, witch grass, witch hazel, witch hazel plant, witch hunt
brew(n = noun.food) brewage - drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling;
is a kind of alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant
has particulars: beer, kvass, mead, cassiri, spruce beer
Derived forms verb brew2, verb brew1
1. brew(v = verb.creation) - prepare by brewing; "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years"
is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Derived forms noun brew1, noun brewage1, noun brewer2, noun brewer1, noun brewery1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Somebody ----s something
2. brew(v = verb.change) - sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing"
is one way to imbue, soak
Derived form noun brew1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Somebody ----s something
1. To boil or seethe; to cook. [1913 Webster]
2. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. [1913 Webster]
"Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely." [1913 Webster]
4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief. [1913 Webster]
"Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver!" [1913 Webster]
1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. [1913 Webster]
"I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour." [1913 Webster]
2. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west. [1913 Webster]
"There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest." [1913 Webster]
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
brew, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. a make (beer etc.) by infusion, boiling, and fermentation. b make (tea etc.) by infusion or (punch etc.) by mixture.
2 intr. undergo either of these processes (the tea is brewing).
3 intr. (of trouble, a storm, etc.) gather force; threaten (mischief was brewing).
4 tr. bring about; set in train; concoct (brewed their fiendish scheme).
--n.
1 an amount (of beer etc.) brewed at one time (this year's brew).
2 what is brewed (esp. with regard to its quality) (a good strong brew).
3 the action or process of brewing.
Idiom:
brew up make tea. brew-up n. an instance of making tea.
Derivative:
brewer n.
Etymology:
OE breowan f. Gmc
VB mix, join, combine, commix, immix, intermix, mix up with, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up, knead, brew, impregnate with, interlard, intertwine, interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed, get among, be entangled with, instill, imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross, alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.
VB prepare, get ready, make ready, make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation, set in order, put in order, forecast, prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground, till the soil, cultivate the soil, predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine, lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations, dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding, lay the first stone, roughhew, cut out work, block out, hammer out, lick into shape, elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity, nurture, hatch, cook, brew, temper, anneal, smelt, barbecue, infumate, maturate, equip, arm, man, fit-out, fit up, furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge, dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up, refurbish, sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune, whet the knife, whet the sword, wind up, screw up, adjust, put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness, pack, train, inure, breed, prepare for, rehearse, make provision for, take steps, take measures, take precautions, provide, provide against, beat up for recruits, open the door to, set one's house in order, make all snug, clear the decks, clear for action, close one's ranks, shuffle the cards, prepare oneself, serve an apprenticeship, lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's armor, reculer pour mieux sauter, prime and load, shoulder arms, get the steam up, put the horses to, guard against, make sure against, forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest, lay in provisions, make investments, keep on foot, be prepared, be ready, hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry, lie in wait for, anticipate, principiis obstare, veniente occurrere morbo.