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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"
1. : the seat of life or intelligence : soul. give up the ghost. 2. : a disembodied soul. especially : the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear to the living in bodily likeness. 3. : spirit, demon. 4. a. : a faint shadowy trace. a ghost of a smile. b. : the least bit. not a ghost of a chance. 5.
noun. 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. Synonyms: spook, shade, revenant, wraith, phantasm, phantom, apparition. a mere shadow or semblance; a trace: He's a ghost of his former self. a remote possibility:
GHOST definition: 1. the spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image of that…. Learn more.
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.
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.
3 days ago · SYNONYMS 1. apparition, phantom, phantasm, wraith, revenant; shade, spook. ghost, specter, spirit all refer to the disembodied soul of a person. A ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person, which appears or otherwise makes its presence known to the living: the ghost of a drowned child.
