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ghost
noun
verb
A mental representation of some haunting experience
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ɡəʊst
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noun
A mental representation of some haunting experience
“He looked like he had seen a ghost”
noun
A suggestion of some quality
“There was a touch of sarcasm in his tone”
noun
The visible disembodied soul of a dead person
noun
A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
verb
Write for someone else
“How many books have you ghostwritten so far?”
verb
Haunt like a ghost; pursue
“Fear of illness haunts her”
verb
Move like a ghost
“The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard”
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He looked like he had seen a ghost
It aroused specters from his past
There was a touch of sarcasm in his tone
He detected a ghost of a smile on her face
How many books have you ghostwritten so far?
Fear of illness haunts her
The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard
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