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- DictionaryGhost/ɡōst/
noun
- 1. an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image: "the building is haunted by the ghost of a monk"
verb
- 1. act as ghostwriter of (a work): "his memoirs were smoothly ghosted by a journalist"
- 2. glide smoothly and effortlessly: "they ghosted up the river"
In folklore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms.
ghost. (gōst) n. 1. The spirit of a dead person, especially one that is believed to appear to the living in bodily form or to haunt specific locations. 2. A person's spirit or soul: was sick for months and finally gave up the ghost. 3. A returning or haunting memory or image. 4. a. A slight or faint trace: just a ghost of a smile. b.
The soul or spirit of a dead person or animal, conceived of as appearing in visible form or otherwise manifesting in the physical world, typically as a shadowy, nebulous image, a presence capable of moving objects, an eerie disembodied voice, etc.; an apparition, a spectre, a phantom, often haunting a specific location.
noun. /ɡəʊst/ Idioms. [countable] the spirit of a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear. Do you believe in ghosts (= believe that they exist)? ghost of somebody The ghost of her father had come back to haunt her. He looked as if he had seen a ghost (= looked very frightened) The ghost hunters have so far found nothing.
the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
2 days ago · A ghost is the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see or feel.
A ghost is the spirit of a person who's died. In most stories and myths, ghosts are pale, translucent, and wispy. Throughout history, the idea that a person's soul or spirit can remain visible after her death has been common.
