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Haunt as a ghost

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  • ghost — 1 noun (C) 1 the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place: The ghosts of past landlords are said to haunt this pub. | ghost story: We used to scare each other by telling ghost stories at night. see also: Holy …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ghost — /goʊst / (say gohst) noun 1. the disembodied spirit of a dead person imagined as wandering among or haunting living persons. 2. a mere shadow or semblance: ghost of a chance. 3. (upper case) a spiritual being: Holy Ghost. 4. Obsolete spirit;… …  

  • ghost — I. noun Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit heḍa anger Date: before 12th century 1. the seat of life or intelligence ; soul < give up the ghost > 2. a disembodied soul;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • haunt — [hônt, hänt; ] for n. 2, usually [ hant] vt. [ME haunten < OFr hanter, to frequent < Gmc * haimetan (akin to OE hamettan, to domicile) < * haim, HOME] 1. to visit (a place) often or continually; frequent 2. to seek the company or… …   English World dictionary

  • haunt´ing|ly — haunt «hnt, hahnt; for n. 4 also hant», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to go to often; visit frequently: »I haunt the pine dark solitudes (James Russell Lowell). 2. Figurative. to be often with; come often to: »Memories of his youth haunted the old man. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

  • haunt´er — haunt «hnt, hahnt; for n. 4 also hant», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to go to often; visit frequently: »I haunt the pine dark solitudes (James Russell Lowell). 2. Figurative. to be often with; come often to: »Memories of his youth haunted the old man. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Haunt — (h[aum]nt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haunting}.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see {Ambition}); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ghost Town, Oakland, California — Ghost Town (sometimes spelled Ghosttown) is the informal name of the Foster Hoover Historic District neighborhood in West Oakland, Oakland, California. cite web |last=Antonioli|first=Dan| authorlink =Dan Antonioli|title=A Short History of Ghost… …   Wikipedia

  • haunt — ► VERB 1) (of a ghost) manifest itself regularly at (a place). 2) (of a person) frequent (a place). 3) be persistently and disturbingly present in the mind. ► NOUN ▪ a place frequented by a specified person: a favourite haunt of pickpockets.… …   English terms dictionary

  • ghost — [gōst] n. [altered (prob. after Fl gheest) < ME goste < OE gast, soul, spirit, demon, akin to Ger geist < IE base * gheizd , to be excited, frightened > Sans hēḋ , to be angry] 1. the spirit or soul: now only in give up the ghost (to… …   English World dictionary

  • Ghost — Ghost, v. t. To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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