The meaning of Ghost

noun

A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.

Usage examples:

A headless apparition

noun

Something you believe, imagine, or dream you see, esp. the form of a person; ghost

noun

A man, especially a peasant or an old man.

Usage examples:

As for spines, you'll be amazed at some of the positions some of us old bodachs can get into.

noun

An apparition or double of a living person.

Usage examples:

He has been replaced by an evil doppelgänger

noun

A spirit that looks exactly like a living person, or someone who looks exactly like someone else but who is not related to that person

noun

A malevolent spirit or ghost.

Usage examples:

To dispel my disappointment and any irish duppies - ghosts - that might be hovering about we attack…

noun

An idealized person or thing.

Usage examples:

The subjectification of the beloved in petrarchan lyric entails the internalization of a feminine i…

noun

An experience involving the apparent perception of something not present.

Usage examples:

He continued to suffer from horrific hallucinations

noun

An experience in which you see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist, usually because you are ill or have taken a drug

Usage examples:

A high temperature can cause hallucinations., auditory/olfactory hallucinations, he was suffering f…

plural noun

(in ancient roman belief) the restless spirits of the dead, which were considered frightening or troublesome and had to be appeased with household rituals.

noun

A growth of long hair on the neck of a horse, lion, or other mammal.

Usage examples:

The horse was rushing about in the field, tossing its mane

plural noun

(in ancient roman belief) the souls of dead ancestors, worshipped as benevolent spirits.

Usage examples:

There is no greater sinner than that man who, though not worshipping the gods or the manes seeks to…

noun

The long, thick hair that grows along the top of a horse’s neck or around the face and neck of a male lion

noun

An illusion, apparition, or ghost.

Usage examples:

The cart seemed to glide like a terrible phantasm

noun

Something that is seen or imagined but is not real

noun

A ghost.

Usage examples:

A phantom who haunts lonely roads

noun

Something that appears or seems to exist but is not real or is imagined

noun

The state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present.

Usage examples:

My presence in the flat made her happy

noun

A person who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead.

Usage examples:

He was three hundred years old, a terrible living revenant

noun

Someone who has returned, especially someone who returns to life after being dead

Usage examples:

The dead son becomes a ghostly revenant.

noun

Comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight.

Usage examples:

Sitting in the shade

verb

Screen from direct light.

Usage examples:

She shaded her eyes against the sun

noun

Darkness and cooler temperatures caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun

Usage examples:

[ u ] the truck was parked in the shade., [ c ] the lamps had matching shades., he painted the room…

noun

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

Usage examples:

Trees cast long shadows

verb

Short for eyeshadow.

noun

An area of darkness caused when light is blocked by something, usually in a shape similar to the object that is blocking the light

Usage examples:

[ c ] chloë kept jumping on tyler’s shadow., [ u ] this corner of the room is always in shadow., [ …

noun

The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.

Usage examples:

It ignores all the empirical evidence for animal awareness while resting on an assumption for which…

noun

The part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after the body has died, or the part of a person or thing that expresses the basic qualities that make it what it is

Usage examples:

May her soul rest in peace., he is the soul of honor, and would never intentionally try to deceive …

noun

The spiritual part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after their body has died, or the part of a person that is not physical and experiences deep feelings and emotions

Usage examples:

She suffered greatly while she was alive, so let us hope her soul is now at peace.

noun

A ghost.

Usage examples:

A dread of spectres and witches affected every aspect of daily life

noun

The non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul.

Usage examples:

We seek a harmony between body and spirit

verb

Convey rapidly and secretly.

Usage examples:

Stolen cows were spirited away some distance to prevent detection

noun

A state of mind or attitude

Usage examples:

It’s very important to play the game in the right spirit., rock music in the 1960s expressed the sp…

noun

A ghost.

Usage examples:

Judge steve evans takes on these unspooky spooks and non-existent ghosts - and he doesn't mind one …

verb

Frighten; unnerve.

Usage examples:

They spooked a couple of grizzly bears

noun

The faculty or state of being able to see.

Usage examples:

She had defective vision

verb

Imagine.

Usage examples:

We visioned a small lawn surrounded with a perfect tangle of trees

noun

The ability to see

Usage examples:

Good/impaired/blurred vision, we lack a vision of what love really is., the theater’s director is a…

noun

A supernatural being or agency; an apparition.

Usage examples:

In the poem, the angels of death appeared as spectral visitants

adjective

Paying a visit.

Usage examples:

The housekeeper was abrupt with the poor visitant niece

noun

A person of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

He always was an unlucky wight

proper noun

A shipping forecast area covering the english channel roughly between the strait of dover and the meridian of poole.

noun

A ghost, or a dead person who has come back to life

noun

A ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death.

Usage examples:

In keeping with the batman myth established in the 30's comics, wayne senior is killed in a random …

noun

A spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, transparent image of that person

Usage examples:

He watched the misty wraiths of moisture making patterns on the window pane., her wraith of a voice…