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Meaning of 'ghost' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ghost [ n.]
- The spirit; the soul of man.
- The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.
- Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea.
- A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
2 . Ghost [ v. i.]
- To die; to expire.
3 . Ghost [ v. t.]
- To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition.

Meaning of 'ghost' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ghost [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a suggestion of some quality
Example in sentence:
  • he detected a ghost of a smile on her face;
  • there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone
Meaning (2):
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
Example in sentence:
  • he looked like he had seen a ghost;
  • it aroused specters from his past
3 . ghost [ v]
Meaning (3):
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
Example in sentence:
  • Fear of illness haunts her
Meaning (4):
- write for someone else
Example in sentence:
  • How many books have you ghostwritten so far?
Meaning (5):
- move like a ghost
Example in sentence:
  • The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard

Nearby Words:

ghole ghostfish ghostless ghostlike ghostliness ghostly ghostology ghoul ghoulish

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