ghost

«ghost» in Mova's school dictionary: In stories, the spirit of a dead person that people… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a ghost, ghosts); verb (ghost, ghosts, ghosted, ghosting — slang)

meaning for a pupil

1) In stories, the spirit of a dead person that people believe can be seen or heard. tree →

2) A very faint trace of something: "a ghost of a smile". tree →

3) (verb, slang) To suddenly stop answering someone's messages and ignore them. tree →

4) give up the ghost (informal): to die, or of a machine, to stop working. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, Halloween and spooky games. In real speech: "she ghosted me". Phrases: ghost story, ghost town, not a ghost of a chance, give up the ghost, ghost writer.

examples

• We told ghost stories round the campfire. tree →
• He dressed up as a ghost for Halloween. tree →
• The old house is said to have a ghost. tree →
• She hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning. tree →
• My old phone finally gave up the ghost. tree →
• (slang) He ghosted me after the party. tree →
• It's a ghost town on Sunday mornings. tree →

note

The h is silent: "gohst". Adjective: ghostly. Science: there is no proof that ghosts are real. Plural: ghosts.

In the corpora

• Ghost stories and playground legends are fun, but they should not turn a real neighbour into a villain.
• Ghost stories at a sleepover are fun because everyone knows they are stories, and nobody gets hurt.
• "Gave up the ghost" means died; it is also said jokingly of a machine that stops working for good.
• Lily's new neighbour has a greyhound called Ghost, an ex-racing dog who never lived in a house before.
• Week five, Ghost walks over, puts his long nose on her knee, then leans on her with his whole weight.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ghost» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.