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Ghost

/ɡəʊst/

The spirit; the soul of man.

📖 Definitions of "Ghost"

noun
  1. 1

    The spirit; the soul of man.

  2. 2

    The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death

    "Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt."

  3. 3

    Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image

    "not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea"

  4. 4

    A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

verb
  1. 1

    To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.

  2. 2

    To die; to expire.

  3. 3

    To ghostwrite.

  4. 4

    To sail seemingly without wind.

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