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English noun: ghost | |||
| 1. | ghost (cognition) a mental representation of some haunting experience | ||
| Samples | He looked like he had seen a ghost. It aroused specters from his past. | ||
| Synonyms | shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow | ||
| 2. | ghost (person) a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else | ||
| Synonyms | ghostwriter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | author, writer | ||
| 3. | ghost (person) the visible disembodied soul of a dead person | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | psyche, soul | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | poltergeist, revenant | ||
| 4. | ghost (communication) a suggestion of some quality | ||
| Samples | There was a touch of sarcasm in his tone. He detected a ghost of a smile on her face. | ||
| Synonyms | touch, trace | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | proffer, proposition, suggestion | ||
English verb: ghost | |||
| 1. | ghost (motion) move like a ghost | ||
| Samples | The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| 2. | ghost (emotion) haunt like a ghost; pursue | ||
| Samples | Fear of illness haunts her. | ||
| Examples | The good news will ghost her | ||
| Synonyms | haunt, obsess | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | preoccupy | ||
| 3. | ghost (creation) write for someone else | ||
| Samples | How many books have you ghostwritten so far?. | ||
| Examples | Did he ghost his major works over a short period of time? | ||
| Synonyms | ghostwrite | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | author | ||
| Domain category | authorship, composition, penning, writing | ||
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