noun Download 🔗Share The spirit; the soul of man. Examples : "After the war, some people felt like their ghosts were still wandering the battlefield, unable to find peace. " soul mythology religion supernatural being Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death Examples : "Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt." soul mythology religion supernatural being person literature history tradition philosophy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image Examples : "not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea" mythology supernatural soul mind being Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses. Examples : "Looking through the old binoculars, I saw faint ghosts of the birds, caused by reflections inside the lenses. " technology physics astronomy device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection. Examples : "The old antenna caused blurry ghosts on the TV screen, making it hard to see the football game clearly. " media electronics technology communication signal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A ghostwriter. Examples : "My book report was excellent, but the ghosts wrote it for me. " supernatural mythology soul Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server. Examples : "After the server crashed, the IRC channel was littered with ghosts; users who appeared to be online but were actually disconnected. " internet computing communication technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An image of a file or hard disk. Examples : "The IT technician created ghosts of all the classroom computers so he could quickly restore them if they crashed. " computing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An understudy. Examples : "Since the lead actress was sick, the "ghosts" of the show, her understudies, were ready to step in and perform. " entertainment literature stage Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti. Examples : "Even after the school janitor power-washed the wall, faint ghosts of the old graffiti were still visible. " appearance property art Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting. Examples : "My classmate's stories about the ghosts in her family were actually about how her aunt had been the target of a complex identity theft scheme. " supernatural mythology soul religion entertainment literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in names of species) White or pale. Examples : "ghost slug; ghostberry; ghostflower; ghost crab; ghost bat" biology animal color appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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