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| 1. | [ noun ] a mental representation of some haunting experience | |
| Synonyms: | specter spook wraith spectre shade | |
| Examples: | "he looked like he had seen a ghost" "it aroused specters from his past" |
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| Related terms: | apparition spook | |
| 2. | [ verb ] move like a ghost | |
| Examples: | "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard" |
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| Related terms: | travel | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (writing) a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else | |
| Synonyms: | ghostwriter | |
| Related terms: | writer | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (writing) write for someone else | |
| Synonyms: | ghostwrite | |
| Examples: | "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?" |
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| Related terms: | author writing | |
| 5. | [ verb ] haunt like a ghost; pursue | |
| Synonyms: | haunt obsess | |
| Examples: | "Fear of illness haunts her" |
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| Related terms: | preoccupy preoccupy | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (religion) the visible disembodied soul of a dead person | |
| Related terms: | soul ringer revenant doppelgänger poltergeist | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a suggestion of some quality | |
| Synonyms: | touch trace | |
| Examples: | "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone" "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" |
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| Related terms: | suggestion | |
