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hag

UK
/hæɡ/
US
/hæɡ/

Translations

hagnoun
hags
pl
UK
/hæɡ/
US
/hæɡ/
The villagers were afraid of the old hag who lived in the forest.
Жители деревни боялись старой ведьмы, живущей в лесу.
The children told stories about the hag who would steal their toys.
Дети рассказывали истории о карге, которая крала их игрушки.
Additional translations
колдунья
старуха
Synonyms
crone
old woman
hagfish
sorceress
witch
hagverb
hagged
Past Simple
hagged
Past Participle
hagging
Gerund
UK
/hæɡ/
US
/hæɡ/
Archaic and dialectal; still encountered in Scots and regional English meaning 'to cut roughly' or figuratively 'to torment'.
Synonyms
haggle
bargain
negotiate
dicker
barter
wrangle

Definitions

hagnoun
A witch, especially one in the form of an old woman.
The villagers believed the old hag in the forest could cast spells.
An old, ugly woman.
The children were frightened by the stories of the hag who lived at the edge of town.
An evil spirit or supernatural being thought to sit on sleeping people, bringing bad dreams; a night hag.
He woke screaming, convinced a hag had been sitting on his chest.
hagverb
To chop, hack, or hew roughly.
The woodsman hagged at the fallen branches with his axe.
To trouble, harass, or torment persistently.
She was hagged by doubts about her decision.
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