Ghostlike

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 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. 1.2 a mere shadow or semblance; a trace 1.3 a remote possibility 1.4 ( sometimes initial capital letter ) a spiritual being. 1.5 the principle of life; soul; spirit. 1.6 Informal . ghost writer. 1.7 a 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. 1.8 Also called ghost image. Photography . a faint secondary or out-of-focus image in a photographic print or negative resulting from reflections within the camera lens. 1.9 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. 1.10 Optics . a series of false spectral lines produced by a diffraction grating with unevenly spaced lines. 1.11 Metalworking . a streak appearing on a freshly machined piece of steel containing impurities. 1.12 a red blood cell having no hemoglobin. 1.13 a fictitious employee, business, etc., fabricated esp. for the purpose of manipulating funds or avoiding taxes 2 Verb (used with object) 2.1 to ghostwrite (a book, speech, etc.). 2.2 to haunt. 2.3 Engraving . to lighten the background of (a photograph) before engraving. 3 Verb (used without object) 3.1 to ghostwrite. 3.2 to go about or move like a ghost. 3.3 (of a sailing vessel) to move when there is no perceptible wind. 3.4 to pay people for work not performed, esp. as a way of manipulating funds. 4 Adjective 4.1 fabricated for purposes of deception or fraud 5 Idiom 5.1 give up the ghost 6 Synonyms 6.1 adjective

Noun

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 initial capital letter ) a spiritual being.

the principle of life; soul; spirit.

Informal . ghost writer.

a 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.

Also called ghost image. Photography . 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.

Optics . a series of false spectral lines produced by a diffraction grating with unevenly spaced lines.

Metalworking . a streak appearing on a freshly machined piece of steel containing impurities.

a 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.

Verb (used with object)

to ghostwrite (a book, speech, etc.).

to haunt.

Engraving . to lighten the background of (a photograph) before engraving.

Verb (used without object)

to ghostwrite.

to go about or move like a ghost.

(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.

Adjective

fabricated for purposes of deception or fraud

We were making contributions to a ghost company.

Idiom

give up the ghost

to die.

to cease to function or exist.

Synonyms

adjective

cadaverous , deadly , deathlike , deathly , ghostly , spectral