Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - haunt
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Haunt
haunt
~1 v 1 if the spirit of a dead person haunts a place, it appears there often (The pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord.) 2 to make someone worry or make them sad (Clare was haunted by the fear that her husband was having an affair.) 3 to cause problems for someone over a long period of time (an error that would come back to haunt the US Administration for years to come) ~2 n a place that someone likes to go to often (a favourite haunt) (The Cafй Vienna was a favourite haunt of journalists and actors.)
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(haunts, haunting, haunted) 1. If something unpleasant haunts you, you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long period of time. The decision to leave her children now haunts her... VERB: V n 2. Something that haunts a person or organization regularly causes them problems over a long period of time. The stigma of being a bankrupt is likely to haunt him for the rest of his life. VERB: V n 3. A place that is the haunt of a particular person is one which they often visit because they enjoy going there. The Channel Islands are a favourite summer haunt for UK and French yachtsmen alike. N-COUNT: with supp 4. A ghost or spirit that haunts a place or a person regularly appears in the place, or is seen by the person and frightens them. His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French hanter, probably from Old Norse heimta to lead home, pull, claim, from heimr home Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to visit often ; frequent b. to continually seek the company of 2. a. to have a disquieting or harmful effect on ; trouble problems we ignore now will come back to ~ us b. to recur constantly and spontaneously to the tune ~ed her c. to reappear continually in a sense of tension that ~s his writing 3. to visit or inhabit as a ghost intransitive verb 1. to stay around or persist ; linger 2. to appear habitually as a ghost • ~er noun • ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a place habitually frequented 2. chiefly dialect ghost ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (of a ghost) visit (a place) regularly, usu. reputedly giving signs of its presence. 2 tr. (of a person or animal) frequent or be persistently in (a place). 3 tr. (of a memory etc.) be persistently in the mind of. 4 intr. (foll. by with, in) stay habitually. --n. 1 (often in pl.) a place frequented by a person. 2 a place frequented by animals, esp. for food and drink. Derivatives haunter n. Etymology: ME f. OF hanter f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. часто посещаемое, любимое место his favourite haunt —- место, где он больше всего любит бывать 2. убежище, пристанище, приют a haunt of fashion —- излюбленное место отдыха, фешенебельный курорт, модный ресторан и т. п. 3. уст. частое посещение (какого-л. места) 4. место кормления или логовище животных, птиц и т. п. 5. притон 6. диал. место, посещаемое привидениями 7. диал. привидение 8. диал. привычка, обыкновение 9. часто посещать, навещать (какое-л. место), часто бывать (где-л., у кого-л.) to haunt smb.'s house —- часто бывать в чьем-л. доме, часто наведываться к кому-л. to haunt bad company —- бывать в плохой компании the house is haunted by artists —- в доме часто собираются художники 10. появляться, обитать (о привидении, призраке и т. п.) phantoms seem to haunt those gloomy streets —- кажется, что эти мрачные улицы наводнены призраками to haunt in (about) a place —- слоняться вокруг какого-л. места, бродить как призрак (часто о животных) 11. ходить по пятам (за кем-л.), не отходить ни на шаг (от кого-л.), преследовать 12. преследовать, тревожить; терзать, не давать покоя (о мыслях и т. п.) remorse haunts him continually —- угрызения совести не перестают мучить его old memories haunt his mind —- воспоминания о прошлом не дают ему покоя the tune haunts me —- эта мелодия...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) часто посещаемое, любимое место 2) притон 3) убежище, логовище 2. v. 1) часто посещать какое-л. место 2) появляться, являться, обитать (о призраке и т.п.) 3) преследовать (о мыслях и т.п.) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1200, from O.Fr. hanter "to frequent, resort to, be familiar with," probably from O.N. heimta "bring home," from P.Gmc. *khaimat-janan, from *khaimaz- (see home). Sense of a spirit returning to the house where it had lived was probably also in the Gmc., but was reinforced by Shakespeare's plays. Haunts (n.) is 13c., from the verb. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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