witch

noun

• 1a woman thought to have evil magic powers, popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak and pointed hat, and flying on a broomstick.
• a follower or practitioner of modern witchcraft; a Wiccan priest or priestess.

• 2 informal an ugly or unpleasant old woman.

• 3a girl or woman who is bewitchingly attractive.

• 4an edible North Atlantic flatfish.

  • Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, family Pleuronectidae

verb

• cast an evil spell on:Mrs Mucharski had somehow witched the house
• (of a girl or woman) enchant (a man):she witched Jake