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  GHOST, n.  The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
  
              He saw a ghost.
      It occupied -- that dismal thing! --
      The path that he was following.
      Before he'd time to stop and fly,
      An earthquake trifled with the eye
              That saw a ghost.
      He fell as fall the early good;
      Unmoved that awful vision stood.
      The stars that danced before his ken
      He wildly brushed away, and then
              He saw a post.
                                                        Jared Macphester
  
      Accounting for the uncommon behavior of ghosts, Heine mentions
  somebody's ingenious theory to the effect that they are as much
  afraid of us as we of them.  Not quite, if I may judge from such
  tables of comparative speed as I am able to compile from memories of
  my own experience.
      There is one insuperable obstacle to a belief in ghosts.  A ghost
  never comes naked:  he appears either in a winding-sheet or "in his
  habit as he lived."  To believe in him, then, is to believe that not
  only have the dead the power to make themselves visible after there is
  nothing left of them, but that the same power inheres in textile
  fabrics.  Supposing the products of the loom to have this ability,
  what object would they have in exercising it?  And why does not the
  apparition of a suit of clothes sometimes walk abroad without a ghost
  in it?  These be riddles of significance.  They reach away down and
  get a convulsive grip on the very tap-root of this flourishing faith.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Ghost
     an old Saxon word equivalent to soul or spirit. It is the
     translation of the Hebrew _nephesh_ and the Greek _pneuma_, both
     meaning "breath," "life," "spirit," the "living principle" (Job
     11:20; Jer. 15:9; Matt. 27:50; John 19:30). The expression "to
     give up the ghost" means to die (Lam. 1:19; Gen. 25:17; 35:29;
     49:33; Job 3:11). (See HOLY GHOST.)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  ghost
       
           (Or "zombie") The image of a user's session on IRC
          and similar systems, left when the session has been terminated
          (properly or, often, improperly) but the server (or the
          network at large) believes the connection is still active and
          belongs to a real user.
       
          Compare clonebot.
       
          (1997-04-07)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ghost \Ghost\ (g[=o]st), n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS.
     g[=a]st breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g[=e]st spirit,
     soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.]
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              Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased
        person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a
        specter.
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              The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. --Shak.
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              I thought that I had died in sleep,
              And was a blessed ghost.              --Coleridge.
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     3. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a
        phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the
        ghost of an idea.
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              Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the
              floor.                                --Poe.
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     4. A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the
        surfaces of one or more lenses.
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     Ghost moth (Zo["o]l.), a large European moth ({Hepialus
        humuli); so called from the white color of the male, and
        the peculiar hovering flight; -- called also great
        swift.
  
     Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit; the Paraclete; the Comforter;
        (Theol.) the third person in the Trinity.
  
     To give up the ghost or To yield up the ghost, to die; to
        expire.
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              And he gave up the ghost full softly. --Chaucer.
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              Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered
              unto his people.                      --Gen. xlix.
                                                    33.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ghost \Ghost\, v. i.
     To die; to expire. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ghost \Ghost\, v. t.
     To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition. [Obs.]
     --Shak.
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From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  GHOST
       Goal Hierarchy and Objectives Structuring Technique (TUB)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ghost \Ghost\, n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. g[=a]st
     breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g?st spirit, soul, D.
     geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.]
     1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.]
  
              Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     2. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased
        person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a
        specter.
  
              The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. --Shak.
  
              I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a
              blessed ghost.                        --Coleridge.
  
     3. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a
        phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the
        ghost of an idea.
  
              Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the
              floor.                                --Poe.
  
     4. A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the
        surfaces of one or more lenses.
  
     Ghost moth (Zo["o]l.), a large European moth (Hepialus
        humuli); so called from the white color of the male, and
        the peculiar hovering flight; -- called also great
        swift.
  
     Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit; the Paraclete; the Comforter;
        (Theol.) the third person in the Trinity.
  
     To give up or yield up the ghost, to die; to expire.
  
              And he gave up the ghost full softly. --Chaucer.
  
              Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered
              unto his people.                      --Gen. xlix.
                                                    33.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ghost \Ghost\, v. i.
     To die; to expire. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ghost \Ghost\, v. t.
     To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition. [Obs.]
     --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  ghost
       n 1: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he
            looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters
            from his past" [syn: shade, spook, wraith, specter,
             spectre]
       2: a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
          [syn: ghostwriter]
       3: the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
       4: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm
          in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
          [syn: touch, trace]
       v 1: move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the
            moonlit yard"
       2: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"
          [syn: haunt, obsess]
       3: write for someone else; "How many books have you
          ghostwritten so far?" [syn: ghostwrite]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ghost
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (παρωχ) η ψυχή, το πνεύμα ενός ανθρώπου
     2 το φάντασμα
     3 ένα παραμορφωμένο είδωλο που σχηματίζεται σε οπτική συσκευή λόγω
  φαινομένων αντανάκλασης
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (μτφρ: en) δεν απαντώ (κάνω σαν να μην υπάρχει) αντί να απορρίψω
  ρητά

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ghost
     n.
     1 (lb en uncommon or dated) The spirit; the human soul.
     2 The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a
  spirit appearing after death.
     3 Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
     4 A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical
  device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
     5 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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete transitive) To haunt; to appear to in the form of
  an apparition.
     2 (lb en obsolete) To die; to expire.
     3 (lb en literary) To imbue with a ghost-like hue or effect.
     4 (lb en ambitransitive) To ghostwrite.
     5 (lb en nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  ghost
     n.
     1 (lb en uncommon or dated) The spirit; the human soul.
     2 The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a
  spirit appearing after death.
     3 Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
     4 A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical
  device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
     5 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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete transitive) To haunt; to appear to in the form of
  an apparition.
     2 (lb en obsolete) To die; to expire.
     3 (lb en literary) To imbue with a ghost-like hue or effect.
     4 (lb en ambitransitive) To ghostwrite.
     5 (lb en nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  ghost
     n.
     1 (lb en uncommon or dated) The spirit; the human soul.
     2 The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a
  spirit appearing after death.
     3 Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
     4 A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical
  device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
     5 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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete transitive) To haunt; to appear to in the form of
  an apparition.
     2 (lb en obsolete) To die; to expire.
     3 (lb en literary) To imbue with a ghost-like hue or effect.
     4 (lb en ambitransitive) To ghostwrite.
     5 (lb en nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  ghost
     n.
     1 (lb en uncommon or dated) The spirit; the human soul.
     2 The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a
  spirit appearing after death.
     3 Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
     4 A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical
  device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
     5 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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete transitive) To haunt; to appear to in the form of
  an apparition.
     2 (lb en obsolete) To die; to expire.
     3 (lb en literary) To imbue with a ghost-like hue or effect.
     4 (lb en ambitransitive) To ghostwrite.
     5 (lb en nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ghost
     Englanti n.
     1 (''mytologia'') aave, haamu, kummitus
     2 haamukirjoittaja

From Albanian Wiktionary [incomplete] (2016-11-13) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sq-ALL-2016-11-13 ]


  ghost
     Anglisht n.
     fantazëm

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ghost
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat= språk=en) spöke
     2 (tagg kat= språk=en) ande, själ
     3 ''variant till ghostwriter''; spökskrivare
     Engelska vb.
     1 spöka, hemsöka
     2 spökskriva
     3 (tagg slang språk=en) gå under jorden, göra sig oanträffbar,
  försvinna, lämna en fest utan att ta adjö, avbryta ett förhållande genom
  att inte besvara meddelanden

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  ghost /ɡˈəʊst/
  gees, spook

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Ghost /ɡˈəʊst/
  الشبح

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  ghost //ɡoʊst// //ɡɐʉst// //ɡəʊst// 
  1. двоен образ
  false image on a television screen
  2. дух, при́зрак, привиде́ние
  spirit appearing after death