Definitions
1.NounA disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death."Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.; He believes in ghosts."
2.NounA spirit; a human soul.
3.NounAny faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image."not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea"
4.NounA false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
5.NounA faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
6.NounEllipsis of ghostwriter."I’ve written both as a ghost for experts and under my name."
7.NounA nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
8.NounA dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting). (Can we verify this sense?)
9.NounAn unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
10.NounA copy of a file or record.
11.NounAn understudy. (Can we verify this sense?)
12.NounA covert (and deniable) agent.
13.NounAn opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
14.NounSomeone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
15.NounAn unphysical state in a gauge theory.
16.NounA formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose."彁 is a ghost character from the Japanese JIS X 0208 character set."
17.NounEllipsis of ghost pepper.
18.NounA game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
19.NounWhite or pale."ghost slug; ghost flower"
20.NounTransparent or translucent."ghost ant; ghost catfish"
21.NounAbandoned."ghost town; ghost ship"
22.NounRemnant; remains."ghost apples (a thin layer of ice in the shape of an apple, which forms around it and is left behind when the apple rots and falls out); ghost fossils (impressions of things like shells that remain in the rock after the shell etc dissolves); ghost cell; ghost craters (craters that have been filled, e.g. with volcanic deposits); ghost image"
23.NounPerceived or listed but not real."ghost cellphone vibration; ghost pain; ghost island; ghost voter; ghost job"
24.NounOf a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature."ghost rocket; ghost deer"
25.NounSubstitute."ghost writer; ghost singer"
26.AdjectiveIn the form be ghost: not present or involved; absent, gone.
27.VerbOf a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
To kill (someone).
To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, through text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
28.VerbOf a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
29.VerbOf a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
30.VerbTo imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
31.VerbTo continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
To kill (someone).
To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, through text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
32.VerbTo continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
33.VerbTo kill (someone).
34.VerbTo gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
35.VerbTo gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
36.VerbTo forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
37.VerbTo stop communicating with (someone) on social media, through text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
38.VerbTo transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
39.VerbSynonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
40.VerbTo appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically ; also followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
Apparently only in the writings of the Dutch-English physician Gideon Harvey (c. 1636–1640 – c. 1700–1702): to die, to expire.
41.VerbTo appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically ; also followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
42.VerbFollowed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
43.VerbOf a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
44.VerbApparently only in the writings of the Dutch-English physician Gideon Harvey (c. 1636–1640 – c. 1700–1702): to die, to expire.