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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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hag

Noun

1. an unpleasant or ugly old woman

2. a witch [Old English hægtesse witch]

haggish adj

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

Translations

hag [hæg] n (ugly) → vieja fea, tarasca;

(nasty) → bruja (= witch); hechicera

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hag [hæg] n (ugly) → vieille sorcière;

(nasty) → chameau m, harpie f (= witch); sorcière

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hag [hæg] n → alte Hexe f;

(witch) → 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 vanha haaska (vieille) sorcière זְקֵנָה מְכוֹעֶרֶת खूसट बुढ़िया ružna starica, vještica vén boszorkány perempuan tua jelek skass; norn strega, vecchiaccia 醜い老婆 흉악한 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