Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - ghost
Ghost
ghost
n. & v. --n. 1 the supposed apparition of a dead person or animal; a disembodied spirit. 2 a shadow or mere semblance (not a ghost of a chance). 3 an emaciated or pale person. 4 a secondary or duplicated image produced by defective television reception or by a telescope. 5 archaic a spirit or soul. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by for) act as ghost-writer. 2 tr. act as ghost-writer of (a work). Phrases and idioms ghost town a deserted town with few or no remaining inhabitants. ghost-write v.tr. & intr. act as ghost-writer (of). ghost-writer a person who writes on behalf of the credited author of a work. Derivatives ghostlike adj. Etymology: OE gast f. WG: gh- occurs first in Caxton, prob. infl. by Flem. gheest
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit heḍa anger Date: before 12th century the seat of life or intelligence ; soul , a disembodied soul, spirit, demon, 4. a faint shadowy trace , the least bit , a false image in a photographic negative or on a television screen caused especially by reflection, one who ~writes, a red blood cell that has lost its hemoglobin, ~like adjective ~y adjective II. verb Date: 1606 transitive verb to haunt like a ~, ~write, intransitive verb 1. to move silently like a ~, to sail quietly in light winds, ~write ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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