witches

We have found lemma(root) word of witches : witch.

Definitions


[wɪtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person thought to have magic powers, especially evil ones, popularly depicted as a woman wearing a black cloak and pointed hat and flying on a broomstick

- an ugly or unpleasant woman
(e.g: he can marry the old witch for all I care)

- a woman who is bewitchingly attractive

- an edible North Atlantic flatfish


Phrases:
- as cold as a witch's tit

Origin:
Old English wicca (masculine), wicce (feminine), wiccian (verb); current senses of the verb are probably a shortening of bewitch


[wɪtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cast an evil spell on
(e.g: Mrs Mucharski had somehow witched the house)


Phrases:
- as cold as a witch's tit

Origin:
Old English wicca (masculine), wicce (feminine), wiccian (verb); current senses of the verb are probably a shortening of bewitch




definition by Oxford Dictionaries