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- Dictionaryghost/ɡəʊst/
noun
- 1. an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image: "the building is haunted by the ghost of a monk" Similar
verb
- 1. act as ghostwriter of (a work): "his memoirs were smoothly ghosted by a journalist"
- 2. glide smoothly and effortlessly: "they ghosted up the river"
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noun. uk / ɡəʊst / us / ɡoʊst / ghost noun (SPIRIT) Add to word list. B1 [ C ] the spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image of that person that some people believe appears to people who are alive: believe in ghosts Do you believe in ghosts?
The meaning of GHOST is the seat of life or intelligence : soul. How to use ghost in a sentence.
A ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person, which appears or otherwise makes its presence known to the living: the ghost of a drowned child. A specter is a ghost or apparition of more or less weird, unearthly, or terrifying aspect: a frightening specter.
In folklore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms.
ghost, specter, spirit all refer to the disembodied soul of a person. A ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person, which appears or otherwise makes its presence known to the living: the ghost of a drowned child.
1. the disembodied spirit of a dead person, supposed to haunt the living as a pale or shadowy vision; phantom. 2. a haunting memory: the ghost of his former life rose up before him. 3. a faint trace or possibility of something; glimmer: a ghost of a smile.
noun. I. An animating or vital principle; a person's spirit or soul. I.1. Old English–. The animating or vital principle in humans and animals; that which gives life to the body, in contrast to its purely material being; the life force, the breath of life. Now rare except in expressions relating to death, esp. to give up the ghost.
noun. /ɡəʊst/ Idioms. [countable] the spirit of a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear. Do you believe in ghosts (= believe that they exist)? ghost of somebody The ghost of her father had come back to haunt her. He looked as if he had seen a ghost (= looked very frightened) The ghost hunters have so far found nothing.
a mere shadow or semblance; a trace: He's a ghost of his former self. a remote possibility: He hasn't a ghost of a chance. ( sometimes initial capital letter ) a spiritual being.
GHOST definition: the spirit of a dead person that appears to people who are alive: . Learn more.
