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Meaning of ghost

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ghost

Pronunciation:/ɡəʊst//ɡoʊst/

noun

Definitions

  1. The spirit; the soul of man.

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

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

  3. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image

    Example: not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea

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

verb

Definitions

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

  2. To die; to expire.

  3. To ghostwrite.

  4. To sail seemingly without wind.