Definition of ghost

Overview of noun ghost

The noun ghost has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (4) ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre

(a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past")

2. ghostwriter, ghost

(a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else)

3. ghost

(the visible disembodied soul of a dead person)

4. touch, trace, 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")

Overview of verb ghost

The verb ghost has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) ghost

(move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard")

2. haunt, obsess, ghost

(haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her")

3. ghost, ghostwrite

(write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?")