haunt
/hænt/
noun
- 1
A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
“I went back the town I used to live and visited all my old haunts.”
- 2
A ghost.
- 3
A feeding place for animals.
verb
- 1
To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
“A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.”
- 2
To make uneasy, restless.
“The memory of his past failures haunted him.”
- 3
To stalk, to follow
“The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.”
- 4
To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
- 5
To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
- 6
To practise; to devote oneself to.
- 7
To persist in staying or visiting.
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