ghost

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UK /ɡəʊst/ US /ɡoʊst/

noun 5verb 5adj 1

Collocations

(noun.)

VERB + GHOST

see

When she walked into the room unexpectedly, he looked like he'd seen a ghost.

believe in

Many children believe in ghosts until they realize the strange noises are just the wind.

exorcise, lay to rest

The family hired a priest to lay the ghost to rest after many years of strange noises.

GHOST + VERB

appear, haunt sth, walk

According to local legend, the ghost of a young woman still haunts the old Victorian mansion on the hill.

GHOST + NOUN

story

PREP

~ of

The ghost of her grandmother's voice still echoes in her memory.

PHRASES

as pale/white as a ghost

After hearing the scary noise in the dark basement, she came upstairs looking as white as a ghost.

Definitions

noun

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

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

He believes in ghosts.

A spirit; a human soul.

hen gins her grieued ghost thus to lament and mourne.

Enlightening the eyes and a taste for hope, emotions are felt from an inward ghost.

Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.

not a ghost of a chance

A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).

There was less flicker, jitter was nonexistent, and the screen pattern had been rendered far more viewworthy, with ghosts being virtually suppressed.

A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.

Regardless of GRM used, graffiti ghosts persist. Protect cladding with surface coating or replace with graffiti resistant paint or laminate.

adj

In the form be ghost: not present or involved; absent, gone.

Thug held up a middle finger. "A'ight y'all. I'm ghost."

But I don't see no competition in the game and I'm pissing on it If it ain't about the family, then I'm ghost and that's a promise

verb

Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.

since Julius Caesar, / Who at Philippi the good Brutus ghosted

To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.

It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.

To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.

To kill (someone).

My recommendation: Do me. Don't take the chance that I'll get shiv-happy on your wannabe ass. Ghost me, Riddick. Would if I were you. Though I notice he tried to ghost my ass. When he shot up that stranger instead.

He just ghosted two guys, and I never even saw him. Plan was to clean the bank, ghost the mercs, break wide through the tunnel.

To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.

Whenever a menu or menu item is inappropriate or unavailable for selection, it should be ghosted. Never allow the user to select something that does nothing in response.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a mental representation of some haunting experience

shade
spook
wraith
specter
spectre

noun — a suggestion of some quality

noun — a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else

ghostwriter

verb — write for someone else

ghostwrite

verb — haunt like a ghost

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

give up the ghost

To cease clinging to life; to die.

And Ieſus cryed with a loude voice, and gaue vp the ghoſt.

yield up the ghost

For a person, to die.

Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

yield the ghost

To give up the ghost.

and often did I strive / To yield the ghost: but still the envious flood / Stopped in my soul, and would not let it forth

ghost at the feast

A presence that mars one's enjoyment by causing guilt or reviving unwelcome memories.

ghost from one's past

Something unpleasant from one's past that "haunts" them (makes them feel uneasy) to the present day.

Example Bank

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

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He believes in ghosts.

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The mighty ghosts of our great Harries rose.

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Thug held up a middle finger. "A'ight y'all. I'm ghost."

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But I don't see no competition in the game and I'm pissing on it If it ain't about the family, then I'm ghost and that's a promise

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since Julius Caesar, / Who at Philippi the good Brutus ghosted

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ghost is marked as archaic, literary, slang, figuratively, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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