Ghost

[gəʊst] or [ɡost]

Definition

(noun.) a mental representation of some haunting experience; 'he looked like he had seen a ghost'; 'it aroused specters from his past'.

(noun.) the visible disembodied soul of a dead person.

(verb.) write for someone else; 'How many books have you ghostwritten so far?'.

(verb.) move like a ghost; 'The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard'.

Edited by Hilda--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The spirit; the soul of man.

(n.) The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.

(n.) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea.

(n.) A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

(v. i.) To die; to expire.

(v. t.) To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition.

Editor: Stacy

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Spirit, soul.[2]. Apparition, spectre, sprite, phantom, shade, GOBLIN, hobgoblin.

Typist: Miguel

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Spectre, apparition, spirit, vision, shade, phantom

ANT:Body, animal, organism

Typed by Irwin

Definition

n. the soul of man: a spirit appearing after death: (Shak.) a dead body: (slang) one who writes a statesman's speeches for him &c.—v.i. to appear to.—adj. Ghost′-like.—n. Ghost′liness.—adj. Ghost′ly spiritual religious: pertaining to apparitions.—ns. Ghost′-moth a species of moth very common in Britain its caterpillar destructive to hop-gardens; Ghost′-stō′ry a story in which ghosts figure; Ghost′-word a fictitious word that has originated in the blunder of a scribe or printer—common in dictionaries.—Give up the ghost (B.) to die.—Holy Ghost the Holy Spirit the third person in the Trinity.

Checker: Susie

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of the ghost of either one of your parents, denotes that you are exposed to danger, and you should be careful in forming partnerships with strangers. To see the ghost of a dead friend, foretells that you will make a long journey with an unpleasant companion, and suffer disappointments. For a ghost to speak to you, you will be decoyed into the hands of enemies. For a woman, this is a prognostication of widowhood and deception. To see an angel or a ghost appear in the sky, denotes the loss of kindred and misfortunes. To see a female ghost on your right in the sky and a male on your left, both of pleasing countenance, signifies a quick rise from obscurity to fame, but the honor and position will be filled only for a short space, as death will be a visitor and will bear you off. To see a female ghost in long, clinging robes floating calmly through the sky, indicates that you will make progression in scientific studies and acquire wealth almost miraculously, but there will be an under note of sadness in your life. To dream that you see the ghost of a living relative or friend, denotes that you are in danger of some friend's malice, and you are warned to carefully keep your affairs under personal supervision. If the ghost appears to be haggard, it may be the intimation of the early death of that friend. See Death, Dead.

Inputed by Dennis

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.

Editor: Sallust

Examples

Typed by Cecil

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