1. Noun
The spirit; the soul of man.
2. Noun
The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.
3. Noun
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea.
4. Noun
A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
5. Verb
To die; to expire.
6. Verb
To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition.
7. Verb
write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"
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