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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ghost•ly (gōst′lē),USA pronunciation adj., -li•er, -li•est. - of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost;
phantasmal;
spectral. - [Literary.]spiritual.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English gāstlīc. See ghost, -ly
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged wraithlike, phantom, ghostlike, unearthly.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈghostly /ˈɡəʊstlɪ/ adj ( -lier, -liest)- of or resembling a ghost; spectral: a ghostly face appeared at the window
- suggesting the presence of ghosts; eerie
- archaic of or relating to the soul or spirit
ghost /goʊst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the disembodied soul of a dead person, imagined as nearly transparent and wandering among the living to haunt them.
- a weak or weakened version:She's a ghost of her former self.
- the slightest bit:hadn't a ghost of a chance.
- Informal Termsghostwriter.
- Radio and Television, Photographya secondary, usually faint or blurry image, as on a television screen or on a photographic negative or print.
v. - to ghostwrite (a book, speech, etc.): [no object]She ghosts for a living.[~ + object]She ghosted several books.
Idioms- Idioms give up the ghost:
- to die.
- to cease to function:The old car gave up the ghost on our last trip.
ghost•ly, adj., -li•er, -li•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ghost (gōst),USA pronunciation n. - the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- a mere shadow or semblance;
a trace:He's a ghost of his former self. - a remote possibility:He hasn't a ghost of a chance.
- (sometimes cap.) a spiritual being.
- the principle of life;
soul;
spirit. - Informal TermsSee ghost writer.
- Radio and Televisiona secondary image, esp. one appearing on a television screen as a white shadow, caused by poor or double reception or by a defect in the receiver.
- PhotographyAlso called ghost image. a faint secondary or out-of-focus image in a photographic print or negative resulting from reflections within the camera lens.
- an oral word game in which each player in rotation adds a letter to those supplied by preceding players, the object being to avoid ending a word.
- Opticsa series of false spectral lines produced by a diffraction grating with unevenly spaced lines.
- Metallurgya streak appearing on a freshly machined piece of steel containing impurities.
- Biochemistrya red blood cell having no hemoglobin.
- a fictitious employee, business, etc., fabricated esp. for the purpose of manipulating funds or avoiding taxes:Investigation showed a payroll full of ghosts.
- Idioms give up the ghost:
- to die.
- to cease to function or exist.
v.t. - to ghostwrite (a book, speech, etc.).
- to haunt.
- Printing[Engraving.]to lighten the background of (a photograph) before engraving.
v.i. - to ghostwrite.
- to go about or move like a ghost.
- Naval Terms(of a sailing vessel) to move when there is no perceptible wind.
- to pay people for work not performed, esp. as a way of manipulating funds.
adj. - fabricated for purposes of deception or fraud:We were making contributions to a ghost company.
- bef. 900; Middle English goost (noun, nominal), Old English gāst; cognate with German Geist spirit
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged apparition, phantom, phantasm, wraith, revenant; shade, spook. Ghost, specter, spirit all refer to the disembodied soul of a person. A ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person, which appears or otherwise makes its presence known to the living:the ghost of a drowned child.A specter is a ghost or apparition of more or less weird, unearthly, or terrifying aspect:a frightening specter.Spirit is often interchangeable with ghost but may mean a supernatural being, usually with an indication of good or malign intent toward human beings:the spirit of a friend; an evil spirit.
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