WITCH


Meaning of WITCH in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

old

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.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The old woman had only pretended to be so kind; she was in reality a wicked witch .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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.

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