Definition of "ghost" in Anglais

noun

A 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.
(Christianity, literary, chiefly archaic) A spirit; a human soul.
(by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
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- not a ghost of a chance
- the ghost of an idea
A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
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.
(writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- I’ve written both as a ghost for experts and under my name.
A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- Before filling out this form, please visit the Pennsic Pre-Registration Page to create your account and enter your campers and ghosts [nonexistent campers one pays for to legitimately increase the size of one's allotted camping space].
A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
(Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
(computing) A copy of a file or record.
(theater) An understudy.
(espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
(cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
(video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
(quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
(computing, linguistics, attributive) A 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.
(countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
(uncountable) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
(attributive, in names of species) White or pale.

verb

Of 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, though 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.
- Here's how it went: Larry Parks as elderly Al Jolson was watching Larry Parks playing young Al Jolson in the first movie — in other words, Parks ghosting for Parks. At the same time, Jolson himself was ghosting the voices for both of them.
To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) 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.