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WITCHING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does witching mean?
• WITCHING (noun)
The noun WITCHING has 1 sense:
1. the use or practice of witchcraft
Familiarity information: WITCHING used as a noun is very rare.
• WITCHING (adjective)
The adjective WITCHING has 1 sense:
1. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
Familiarity information: WITCHING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The use or practice of witchcraft
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("witching" is a kind of...):
practice (the exercise of a profession)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
Synonyms:
charming; magic; magical; sorcerous; witching; wizard; wizardly
Context example:
wizardly powers
Similar:
supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)
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