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hag ¹  (hg)

n.

1. An old woman considered ugly or frightful.

2.

a. A witch; a sorceress.

b. Obsolete A female demon.

3. A hagfish.

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[Middle English hagge, perhaps short for Old English hægtesse, witch.]

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haggish adj.

haggish·ly adv.

haggish·ness n.

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hag ²  (hg)

n. Chiefly British

1. A boggy area; a quagmire.

2. A spot in boggy land that is softer or more solid than the surrounding area.

3. A cutting in a peat bog.

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[Middle English, gap, chasm, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse högg; see kau- in Indo-European roots.]

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hag¹

n

1. an unpleasant or ugly old woman

2. a witch

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) short for hagfish

4. Obsolete a female demon

[Old English hægtesse witch; related to Old High German hagazussa, Middle Dutch haghetisse]

haggish  adj

haggishly  adv

haggishness  n

haglike  adj

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hag²

n Scot and northern English dialect

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a firm spot in a bog

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a soft place in a moor

[of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse högg gap; see hew]

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hag - First meant "witch."

See also related terms for witch.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hag - an ugly evil-looking old woman       beldam, beldame, crone, witch old woman - a woman who is old
	2.	hag - eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies hagfish, slime eels agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate - eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms family Myxinidae, Myxinidae - slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes Myxine glutinosa - typical hagfish eptatretus - a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus Myxinikela siroka - fossil hagfish of the Pennsylvanian period (c. 300 million years ago) that resembled modern hagfishes

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hag

noun witch, virago, shrew, vixen, crone, fury, harridan, beldam (archaic), termagant I hope the old hag hasn't come back yet.

Translations

hag [hæg] N (= ugly old woman) → vieja f fea, bruja f; (= witch) → bruja f

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hag [ˈhæg] n

(= ugly woman) → vieille sorcière f (= nasty woman) → chameau m, harpie f

(= witch) → sorcière f

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hag

n → Hexe f

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hag [hæg] n (ugly) → befana; (nasty) → megera; (witch) → strega

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hag

n hag [hӕg]

an ugly old woman. ou heks عَجوز شَمْطاء старица babizna heks; kælling die Hexe γριά στρίγκλα bruja, arpía vanamoor عجوزه akka (vieille) sorcière זְקֵנָה מְכוֹעֶרֶת खूसट बुढ़िया ružna starica, vještica vén boszorkány perempuan tua jelek skass; norn strega, vecchiaccia 醜い老婆 추한 노파 sena ragana, žiežula vecene perempuan tua yang hodoh oud wijf heks, hespetre, kjerring wiedźma bruxa baborniţă карга baba, babizňa, striga baba ružna starica hagga, räpa หญิงแก่ที่น่าเกลียด çirkin yaşlı kadın, cadoloz 老醜婦 відьма, карга بدصورت بڑھیا mụ phù thuỷ 老丑妇