# witches

Pronunciation: say "WICH-iz" /ˈwɪt͡ʃɪz/

## Noun

1. Plural of witch. — plural of witch
   - Simple: Plural of witch. Use it when you mean more than one witch.
   - _The village elders once accused several women of being witches._
   - _Modern witches gather in the woods to mark the solstice._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of witch. — third-person singular simple present indicative of witch
   - Simple: The form of witch used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _Whenever a farmer needs a new well, he calls the old man who witches for water._
   - _She still witches for water the way her grandmother taught her, with a forked peach branch._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/witches (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).