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ghost
(g/oU/st )

noun (n)

  • a mental representation of some haunting experience(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    He looked like he had seen a ghost.
    Synonym:
    shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith
    source: wordnet30
  • a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    ghostwriter
    source: wordnet30
  • the visible disembodied soul of a dead person(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • a suggestion of some quality(noun.communication)
    Example:
    He detected a ghost of a smile on her face.
    Synonym:
    touch, trace
    source: wordnet30
  • The spirit; the soul of man.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • move like a ghost(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard.
    source: wordnet30
  • haunt like a ghost; pursue(verb.emotion)
    Synonym:
    haunt, obsess
    source: wordnet30
  • write for someone else(verb.creation)
    Example:
    How many books have you ghostwritten so far?.
    Synonym:
    ghostwrite
    source: wordnet30
  • To die; to expire.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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