Witch
noun — Plural: witches
- 1.
- (a person (especially a woman) who practices witchcraft, a bewitching woman, an ugly woman, an ugly and ill tempered old woman, a fascinating woman) មេអាប, មេធ្មប់, ឌាកិនី
Example: In fairy tales witches ride on brooms.
adjective
- 1.
- Witch hunt ការរកថ្កោលទោស
verb — past tense: witched ; past participle: witched ; present participle: witching ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) ធ្វើអាបឬធ្មប់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: witches
- 1.
- A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
- 2.
- 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.
- 3.
- An ugly old woman; a hag.
- 4.
- 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.
- 5.
- A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
- 6.
- The stormy petrel.
verb — past tense: witched ; past participle: witched ; present participle: witching ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.