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The Meaning of which

  • (a.) Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • (a.) A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under What, pron., 1.
  • (pron.) A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons.
  • (pron.) A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will.

Homophones

witch

Rhymes

bewitch , bitch , blitch , britsch , ditch , enrich , fiche , fitch , flitch , fritch , fritsch , fritsche , greenwich , hitch , ich , itch , kitch , kitsch , klich , krych , lich , lubavitch , mich , miche , mitch , niche , nitsch , nitsche , nycz , piche , pitch , pitsch , quitch , rich , riche , snitch , stich , stitch , switch , triche , tritch , tritsch , twitch , unhitch , witch , zich