haunt

/hænt/

noun

  1. 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. 2

    A ghost.

  3. 3

    A feeding place for animals.

verb

  1. 1

    To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

    “A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.”
  2. 2

    To make uneasy, restless.

    “The memory of his past failures haunted him.”
  3. 3

    To stalk, to follow

    “The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.”
  4. 4

    To live habitually; to stay, to remain.

  5. 5

    To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.

  6. 6

    To practise; to devote oneself to.

  7. 7

    To persist in staying or visiting.

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