The meaning of Phantom

noun

A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.

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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

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.

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

noun

An apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image.

Usage examples:

The building is haunted by the ghost of a monk

verb

Act as ghostwriter of (a work).

Usage examples:

His memoirs were smoothly ghosted by a journalist

noun

The spirit of a dead person imagined as visiting the living and usually appearing as a pale, almost transparent form

Usage examples:

There are lots of stories about ghosts.

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 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

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

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…