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ghost  (gst)

n.

1. The spirit of a dead person, especially one believed to appear in bodily likeness to living persons or to haunt former habitats.

2. The center of spiritual life; the soul.

3. A demon or spirit.

4. A returning or haunting memory or image.

5.

a. A slight or faint trace: just a ghost of a smile.

b. The tiniest bit: not a ghost of a chance.

6. A faint, false image, as:

a. A secondary image on a television or radar screen caused by reflected waves.

b. A displaced image in a photograph caused by the optical system of the camera.

c. A false spectral line caused by imperfections in the diffraction grating.

d. A displaced image in a mirror caused by reflection from the front of the glass.

7. Informal A ghostwriter.

8.

a. A nonexistent publication listed in bibliographies.

b. A fictitious employee or business.

9. Physiology A red blood cell having no hemoglobin.

v. ghost·ed, ghost·ing, ghosts

v.intr.

1. Informal To engage in ghostwriting.

2. To move noiselessly like a ghost: "Two young deer ghosted out of the woods" (Nancy M. Debevoise).

v.tr.

1. To haunt.

2. Informal To ghostwrite: was hired to ghost the memoirs of a famous executive.

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[Middle English gost, from Old English gst, breath, spirit.]

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ghosty adj.

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ghost

Noun

1. the disembodied spirit of a dead person, supposed to haunt the living

2. a faint trace: the ghost of a smile on his face

3. a faint secondary image in an optical instrument or on a television screen

Verb

short for ghostwrite [Old English gāst]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ghost - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" specter, wraith, spectre, spook, shade fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, apparition - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
	2.	ghost - a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else ghostwriter author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
	3.	ghost - the visible disembodied soul of a dead person poltergeist - a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder revenant - someone who has returned from the dead soul, psyche - the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
	4.	ghost - a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" touch, trace proffer, proposition, suggestion - a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"
Verb	1.	ghost - move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
	2.	ghost - haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her" obsess, haunt preoccupy - engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"
	3.	ghost - write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?" ghostwrite authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" author - be the author of; "She authored this play"

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ghost

noun 1. spirit, soul, phantom, spectre, spook (informal) apparition, wraith, shade (literary) phantasm, atua N.Z. kehua N.Z. wairua N.Z.

noun 2. trace, shadow, suggestion, hint, suspicion, glimmer, semblance >> adjective spectral

Translations

ghost [gəust] n → fantasma m

vt [+ book] → escribir por otro

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ghost [gəust] n → fantôme m, revenant m

vt [+ sb else's book] → écrire

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ghost [gəust] n → Geist m, Gespenst nt

vt → für jdn (als Ghostwriter) schreiben;

to give up the ghost → den Geist aufgeben

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ghost [gəust] n → fantasma m; spettro

vt [+ book] → fare lo scrittore ombra per

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ghost

n ghost [gəust]

a spirit, usually of a dead person Do you believe in ghosts?; Hamlet thought he saw his father's ghost. spook شَبَح призрак duch ånd; spøgelse der Geist φάντασμα fantasma vaim, tont روح haamu, kummitus fantôme רוח רפאים भूत duh, prikaza szellem hantu draugur, afturganga fantasma 幽霊 유령 dvasia, šmėkla, vaiduoklis parādība; rēgs; spoks hantu spook spøkelse, gjenferd duch fantasma fantomă привидение duch duh duh spöke, vålnad ผี hayalet 幽靈；鬼 привид بھوت ma 幽灵；鬼

adj ghostly

of or like a ghost or ghosts a ghostly figure. spookagtige شَبَحي призрачен přízračný åndelig; spøgelsesagtig; spøgelses- geisterhaft που μοιάζει με φάντασμα fantasmagórico tontlik روح مانند aavemainen fantomatique של רוח רפאים प्रेतरूपी poput duha kísérteties seperti hantu draugalegur spettrale 幽霊のような 유령같은 vaiduokliškas, šmėkliškas rēgains; spokains seperti hantu spookachtig spøkelsesaktig upiorny fantasmal fantomatic похожий на привидение hrôzostrašný kot duh sablasan spöklik, spök- เหมือนผี hayalet gibi 鬼的；幽靈似的 схожий на привид; примарний بھوت سے متعلق thuộc hoặc là ma 鬼的；幽灵似的

give up the ghost

to die. die gees gee يَموت умирам vypustit duši opgive ånden den Geist aufgeben παραδίδω το πνεύμα entregar el alma hinge heitma مردن mennä manan majoille rendre l'âme למות मरना ispustiti dušu kileheli a lelkét mati draugalega rendere l'anima 死ぬ 죽다 paskutinį kvapą išleisti izlaist garu; nomirt mati de geest geven oppgi ånden, dø wyzionąć ducha morrer a muri испустить дух vypustiť dušu izdihniti umreti ge upp andan ยอมตาย ölmek, can vermek 死 померти متوفی ہو جانا chết 死