14548
stochastically
[[English]]
[Adverb]
stochastically (comparative more stochastically, superlative most stochastically)
1.In a stochastic manner; by means of a process involving a randomly determined sequence of events.
0
0
2012/05/04 18:55
14552
spindled
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- splendid
[Verb]
spindled
1.Simple past tense and past participle of spindle.
0
0
2012/05/04 18:58
14553
spindle
[[English]]
ipa :spɪndəl[Anagrams]
- splined
[Etymology]
Old English spinel
[Noun]
spindle (plural spindles)
1.(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
2.A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
3.A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
4.A worldwide tree of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
5.An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
[Verb]
spindle (third-person singular simple present spindles, present participle spindling, simple past and past participle spindled)
1.To make into a long tapered shape.
2.To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document.
0
0
2012/05/04 18:58
14554
intonation
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪʃən[Etymology 1]
From the verb intone.
[Etymology 2]
From the verb intonate.
[References]
- intonation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- intonation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
0
0
2012/05/04 19:07
14555
masterful
[[English]]
[Adjective]
masterful (comparative more masterful, superlative most masterful)
1.Of or pertaining to the manner of a master of an art, technique, profession, or craft; masterly.
The brushwork on the skin tones was masterful.
2.In the manner of a master; very skillful.
The masterful conducting ensured the orchestra gave of their best.
3.Having or showing the qualities of a master vis-a-vis a dependent or subordinate; authoritative; domineering.
4.1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter 14, Rochester to Jane by the fire:
...do you not agree with me that I have a right to be a little masterful, abrupt; perhaps exacting, sometimes, on the grounds I stated...
5.1868-69, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Chapter 38:
When John spoke in that masterful tone, Meg always obeyed, and never regretted her docility.
6.1908, E. M. Forster, A Room with a View, Chapter 18, Lucy to Mr. Beebe about Cecil:
...it was that he is so masterful. I found that he wouldn't let me go my own way.
[Alternative forms]
- masterfull (archaic)
[Etymology]
master + -ful
0
0
2012/05/04 19:08
14557
demons
[[English]]
[Noun]
demons
1.Plural form of demon.
0
0
2012/05/04 20:44
14558
decelerate
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
- to retard
[Verb]
decelerate (third-person singular simple present decelerates, present participle decelerating, simple past and past participle decelerated)
1.to reduce the velocity of something
2.to reduce the rate of advancement of something, such as a disease
3.(intransitive) to go slower
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
decelerate
1.second-person plural present indicative of decelerare
2.second-person plural imperative of decelerare
3.Feminine plural of decelerato
0
0
2012/05/04 20:49
14559
appalled
[[English]]
[Adjective]
appalled (comparative more appalled, superlative most appalled)
1.shocked, horrified by something unpleasant
2.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, the Guardian:
But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.
[Verb]
appalled
1.Simple past tense and past participle of appall.
2.Simple past tense and past participle of appal.
0
0
2012/04/03 05:04
2012/05/04 20:50
14561
baroque
[[English]]
ipa :/bəˈrəʊk/[Adjective]
baroque (comparative more baroque, superlative most baroque)
1.ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
2.complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
3.chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
4.embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
[Etymology]
From the Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”)
0
0
2012/05/04 20:51
14562
indecipherable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
indecipherable (comparative more indecipherable, superlative most indecipherable)
1.Not decipherable; describing something that cannot be decoded, read, understood or comprehended.
The doctor's handwriting was indecipherable.
0
0
2012/05/04 20:51
14564
contemptible
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈtɛmptəbəl/[Adjective]
contemptible (comparative more contemptible, superlative most contemptible)
1.deserving contempt
2.between 1812 and 1814, Jane Austin, chapter 1, Mansfield Park:
Miss Ward’s match, indeed, when it came to the point, was not contemptible: Sir Thomas being happily able to give his friend an income in the living of Mansfield...
[Synonyms]
- despicable
0
0
2012/05/04 20:52
14567
voraciously
[[English]]
[Adverb]
voraciously (comparative more voraciously, superlative most voraciously)
1.in a voracious manner
[Etymology]
voracious + -ly
0
0
2012/05/04 20:54
14569
fictitious
[[English]]
ipa :fɪkˈtɪʃəs[Adjective]
fictitious (comparative more fictitious, superlative most fictitious)
1.Not real; invented; contrived.
St. Mary Mead is a fictitious village from the books of Agatha Christie.
[Synonyms]
- imaginary, invented, contrived
0
0
2012/05/04 20:55
14570
phenomena
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- phænomena (archaic)
- phœnomena (archaic, erroneous)
[Noun]
phenomena pl.
1.Plural form of phenomenon.
0
0
2012/05/06 11:50
14573
ふじ
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
ふじ (romaji fuji)
1.藤: wisteria
2.富士: Mount Fuji
3.不二: unparallelled
4.不治: incurability
5.不時: unexpectedness, rainy day, emergency
[Proper noun]
ふじ (romaji Fuji)
1.富士: a place name, such as that of Mount Fuji
2.富士: A surname.
0
0
2012/05/06 21:48
14574
ふじん
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
ふじん (romaji fujin)
1.夫人: wife, madam
2.婦人: woman, female
3.布陣: battle formation
4.不尽: (archaic) very sincerely yours
0
0
2012/05/06 21:48
14575
畝
[[Translingual]]
[Alternative forms]
- 畞 (original character)
- 亩 (Simplified Chinese)
- 畒, 畆, 畮 (variants)
[Etymology]
The original character is 畞. 田 + 十 (measure ten paces) + 久 (huncing walk)
[Han character]
畝 (radical 102 田+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜田弓人 (YWNO), four-corner 07680)
1.Chinese land measure. Eg, In Zhou (周) period, 100 歩 = 1.8 are.
2.fields
3.ridge, furrow
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
畝 (simplified 亩, Yale mau5)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
畝 (common “Jōyō” kanji)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
畝 (hangeul 무, revised mu, McCune-Reischauer mu, Yale mu)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
畝 (simplified 亩, pinyin mǔ (mu3), xí (xi2), Wade-Giles mu3, hsi2)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
畝 (mẫu, mẩu)
0
0
2012/03/10 14:59
2012/05/06 22:11
TaN
14577
かれ
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji reading]
[Noun]
かれ (romaji kare)
1.カレ: boyfriend
[Pronoun]
かれ (romaji kare)
1.彼: he
0
0
2012/05/09 14:20
14579
ゆかた
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
ゆかた (romaji yukata)}
1.浴衣: a kind of light kimono
0
0
2012/05/09 14:27
14582
Л
[[Russian]]
[Abbreviation]
Л
1.(chess) R (rook, castle), from ладья
2.(submarine series) K-137 Leninets (Yankee Navaga), from «Ленинец»
3.lamp, from лампа
4.(metal science) brass from латунь
5.(steam locomotives) Lebedyanskiy, from Лебедянский
6.winch, from лебёдка
7.left, from левый
8.summer, from летний, in diesel oil marking
9.(shipping) lightweight (ship class)
10.litre from литр
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
0
0
2012/05/09 14:59
14583
主
[[Translingual]]
[Han character]
主 (radical 3 丶+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜土 (YG), four-corner 00104)
1.master, chief owner
2.host
3.lord
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
主 (Yale jyu2)
[[Japanese]]
[Adjectival noun]
主 (な-na declension, hiragana おも, romaji omo)
1.chief, main, principal, foremost
[Kanji]
主 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[Noun]
主 (hiragana しゅ, romaji shu)
1.head of the family
2.master, mistress
3.one's husband
4.proprietor, landlord 主 (hiragana ぬし, romaji nushi)
1.master
2.owner, proprietor
3.guardian spirit
[Synonyms]
- 主人
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
主
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 주 (revised: ju, McCune-Reischauer: chu)
- Name (hangeul): 임금, 주인 (revised: imgeum, juin, McCune-Reischauer: imgǔm, chuin)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
主 (pinyin lí (li2), zhǔ (zhu3), Wade-Giles li2, chu3)
[[Middle Chinese]]
[Han character]
主 (*jiǒ)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
主 (chủ, chúa)
0
0
2012/03/04 20:58
2012/05/09 16:19
14584
もと
[[Japanese]]
[Counter]
もと (romaji -moto)
1.本: blades of grass, trunks; falcons
[Kanji reading]
もと (romaji moto)
[Noun]
もと (romaji moto)
1.下: bottom; under; lower
2.元: source, origin
0
0
2011/10/07 21:36
2012/05/09 16:51
14585
ie
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
ie
1.See i.e.
[Anagrams]
- EI
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/i/[Anagrams]
- ei
[Pronoun]
ie
1.Third-person singular, masculine, subjective, mute form: he.
hoe doet ie dat?, 'how does he do that?'
[[Esperanto]]
[Adverb]
ie (accusative ien)
1.somewhere (indeterminate correlative of place)
[Etymology]
i- (“indeterminate correlative prefix”) + -e (“correlative suffix of place”)
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
ie (hiragana いえ)
1.家: house, home
[[Middle French]]
[Alternative forms]
- i' (elided)
- je
- j' (elided)
[Pronoun]
ie
1.I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
[See also]
- moy
- me
- mien
- mon
[[Old Provençal]]
[Pronoun]
ie
1.Alternative form of eu.
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/ˈjije/[Etymology]
From Latin (vestis) linea.
[Noun]
ie f. (plural ii)
1.blouse (embroidered)
0
0
2009/07/24 16:24
2012/05/09 19:46
14586
いえ
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
いえ (romaji ie)
1.家: house, home
0
0
2012/05/09 19:47
14587
ふね
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
ふね (romaji fune)
1.船: ship, vessel, large ship
2.舟: boat, ship, small ship
0
0
2012/05/09 19:58
14591
rosary
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈroʊzəri/[External links]
- Information about Rosaries
[Noun]
rosary (plural rosaries)
1.A series of Roman Catholic prayers, usually made up of five, fifteen, or twenty decades of Hail Marys, each decade beginning with Our Father and ending with a Gloria Be to the Father. Other prayers are also incorporated into the rosary.
2.A string of beads used in counting the prayers said in a rosary
3.A string of beads used in praying by members of some religions or denominations other than Roman Catholicism such as the Anglican Church
0
0
2012/05/09 22:11
14594
しめる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
しめる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, romaji shimeru)
1.絞める: to constrict
2.占める: to comprise (i.e. be a part of)
3.締める, 〆る, 緊める: to fasten
4.閉める: to closeしめる (intransitive, godan conjugation, romaji shimeru)
1.湿る: to be wet
0
0
2012/04/13 01:47
2012/05/10 22:13
14595
あく
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji reading]
あく (romaji aku)
[Noun]
あく (romaji aku)
1.灰汁: lye, scum
2.悪: evil, vice, ill, wrong
[Verb]
あく (godan conjugation, romaji aku)
1.開く: open, burst
2.空く: vacant, empty
0
0
2012/04/13 01:53
2012/05/10 22:14
14596
あける
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
あける (ichidan conjugation, romaji akeru)
1.開ける: to open
2.明ける: to begin, end
3.空ける: to empty
0
0
2012/05/10 22:15
14598
В
[[Russian]]
[Abbreviation]
В (восток, vostók)
1.east
[Alternative forms]
- В.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
0
0
2012/03/31 14:45
2012/05/10 22:46
14603
operational
[[English]]
[Adjective]
operational (comparative more operational, superlative most operational)
1.of or relating to operations, especially military operations
2.functioning and ready for use
3.1977, George Lucas, Governor Tarkin in Star Wars,
Princess Leia, before your execution, you will join me at a ceremony that will make this battle station operational. No star system will dare oppose the Emperor now.
4.effective or operative
0
0
2009/04/08 15:40
2012/05/11 10:15
TaN
14606
ザ
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[za][Etymology]
The katakana character サ (sa) with a dakuten (゛).
[Syllable]
ザ (Hepburn romanization za)
1.The katakana syllable ザ (za), whose equivalent in hiragana is ざ (za).
0
0
2012/05/11 10:46
14608
ethologic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
ethologic (comparative more ethologic, superlative most ethologic)
1.Ethological.
[Anagrams]
- theologic
[Etymology]
ethology + -ic
0
0
2012/05/11 12:15
jack_bob
14609
ethology
[[English]]
ipa :/iːˈθɒlədʒi/[Anagrams]
- theology
[Etymology]
From Latin ethologia, from Ancient Greek ἠθολογία, from ἦθος (ēthos, “character”).
[Noun]
ethology (countable and uncountable; plural ethologies)
1.(zoology) The scientific study of human and animal behaviour.
2.(obsolete) The study of the human ethos.
0
0
2012/05/11 12:16
jack_bob
14610
terminat
[[Catalan]]
[Verb]
terminat
1.Past participle of terminar.
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
terminat
1.third-person singular present active indicative of terminō
0
0
2012/05/11 15:01
14611
terminator
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɜː(ɹ)m.ɪn.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/[Etymology]
From Latin terminator from the verb terminare.
[Noun]
terminator (plural terminators)
1.One who finishes.
2.(biochemistry) A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
3.(electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
4.(astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a planet.
5.(science fiction) An artificial intelligence machine, created to destroy humans (after the 1984 film The Terminator).
[Synonyms]
- (astronomy): grey line
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
terminātor
1.second-person singular future passive imperative of terminō
2.third-person singular future passive imperative of terminō
[[Polish]]
[Noun]
terminator m.
1.apprentice
0
0
2012/05/11 15:01
14613
py
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
py
1.(computing) an abbreviation for Python programming language
[[Korean]]
[Abbreviation]
py
1.pyeong — an areal unit of measure symbol/abbreviation for a traditional Korean unit
[[Lojban]]
ipa :/pə/[Alternative forms]
- py.
[Cmavo]
py
1.The letter p.
0
0
2012/05/12 01:51
TaN
14614
りん
[[Japanese]]
[Counter]
りん (kanji 輪, romaji -rin)
1.wheels
2.flowers
[Noun]
りん (romaji rin)
1.厘: one hundredth (of various things)
2.燐: phosphorus (usually written in kana)
3.倫
4.淋:: lonely
5.輪: counter for wheels and flowers
6.凜
7.凛
8.鱗: fish scales; serifs (on kanji)
[Proper noun]
りん (romaji Rin)
1.倫: A male given name
2.凛: A female given name
3.林: A female given name
4.林: A surname.
0
0
2012/05/12 02:04
14617
かん
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji reading]
かん
1.漢: Han dynasty, Chinese, kanji
2.干: dry
3.汗: sweat
4.甘: sweet
5.慣: accustom
6.刊: publish
7.肝: liver, organ, important
8.韓: Korea
[Noun]
かん (romaji kan)
1.感: feeling, sensation
2.間: interval
3.観: an appearance, a look
4.官: government
5.完: end, over
6.缶: tin, can
7.勘: perception, intuition
0
0
2012/02/07 21:45
2012/05/12 02:04
14619
こんばんは
[[Japanese]]
[Interjection]
こんばんは (今晩は, konbanwa)
1.A formal Japanese greeting used after dark: good evening
Literally: "this evening (is fair weather etc)".
0
0
2012/05/12 02:10
14620
こん
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji reading]
こん (romaji kon)
[Noun]
こん (romaji kon)
1.紺: navy blue, dark blueon'yomi
1.魂: soul
0
0
2012/05/12 02:10
14625
容疑者
[[Japanese]]
[Etymology]
容疑 (“charge”) + 者 (“person”)
[Noun]
容疑者 (hiragana ようぎしゃ, romaji yōgisha)
1.suspect, a person suspected of committing a crime
0
0
2012/05/13 14:57
14626
容疑
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
容疑 (hiragana ようぎ, romaji yōgi)
1.suspicion, charge
[Synonyms]
- 嫌疑 (けんぎ, kengi)
0
0
2012/05/13 14:57
14628
所有物
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
所有物 (hiragana しょゆうぶつ, romaji shoyūbutsu)
1.possession, property
0
0
2012/05/13 15:01
14632
とうきょう
[[Japanese]]
[Proper noun]
とうきょう (romaji Tōkyō)
1.東京: Tokyo
昨日、東京は曇りでしたか。
きのう、とうきょうはくもりでしたか。
Kinō, tōkyō wa kumori deshita ka.
Was it cloudy in Tokyo yesterday?
0
0
2012/05/13 19:29
14634
きれる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
きれる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, romaji kireru)
1.切れる: snap, be cut, be interrupted, sever connection with, expire
0
0
2012/05/13 20:10
14635
他
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
From 人 ‘person’ + 也 ‘also’.
[Han character]
他 (radical 9 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人心木 (OPD), four-corner 24212, composition ⿰亻也)
1.other, another
2.he, she, it
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
他 (jyutping taa1, Yale ta1)
[Pronoun]
他 (traditional and simplified, jyutping taa1)
1.he; him
2.other; another
[Synonyms]
- 她, 祂, 牠, 它, 佢
[[Hmong]]
[Hanzi]
他
1.third person prounoun: he, him
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
他 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[Noun]
他 (hiragana ほか, romaji hoka)他 (hiragana た, romaji ta)
1.another, other, some other
2.この他にも行き先がありますか。
このほかにもゆきさきがありますか。
Kono hoka ni mo yukisaki ga arimasuka?
Do you have any other destinations?
3.この事業は他を利するために開始されました。
このじぎょうはたをりするためにかいしされました。
Kono jigyō wa ta o ri suru tame ni kaishi saremashita.
This project was started in order to benefit others.
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
他 (hangeul 타, revised ta, McCune-Reischauer t'a)
[[Mandarin]]
ipa :/tʰa˥/[Hanzi]
他 (pinyin tā, Wade-Giles t'a1)
1.
2.John 1.7
这人来，为要作见证，就是为光作见证，叫众人因他可以信。
Zhè rén lái, wèi yào zuò jiànzhèng, jiùshì wèi guāng zuò jiànzhèng, jiào zhòngrén yīn tā kĕyǐ xìn.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
[Pronoun]
他 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin tā)
1.he; him
2.John 1.3
万物是借着他造的。凡被造的，没有一样不是借着他造的。
Wànwù shì jièzhe tā zào de. Fán beì zào de, méiyǒu yīyàng búshì jièzhe tā zào de.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
3.other; another
[Synonyms]
- 她, 祂, 牠, 它
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
他 (tha, thà, thè, thơ)
0
0
2012/05/13 23:05
14637
ファ
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
ファ (romaji fa)
1.(music) fa, the fourth note of a major scale
[Syllable]
ファ (Hepburn romanization fa)
1.The katakana syllable ファ (fa), whose equivalent in hiragana is ふぁ (fa).
0
0
2012/01/28 15:48
2012/05/13 23:36
14639
pike
[[English]]
ipa :-aɪk[Anagrams]
- kepi
- kipe
[Etymology 1]
Middle French pique (“long thrusting weapon”), from Old French pic (“sharp point”), and from Old English pīc (“pointed object, pick axe”),[1] ultimately a variant form of pick, with meaning narrowed.Cognate with Dutch piek, dialectal German Peik, Norwegian pik. Etymological twin to pique.
[Etymology 2]
Perhaps a special use of Etymology 1, above; or from an early Scandinavian language, compare Norwegian pik (“summit”).
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
From Old Norse píka, probably from Finnish.
[Noun]
pike
1.girl
[References]
- “pike” in The Bokmål Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
[Synonyms]
- jente
0
0
2012/05/14 14:34
jack_bob
14641
superlative
[[English]]
ipa :/suːˈpɜː.lə.tɪv/[Adjective]
superlative (not comparable)
1.Exceptionally good; of the highest quality; superb.
2.(grammar) Of or relating to a superlative.
[Etymology]
From Middle English superlatyf, from Old French superlatif, from Late Latin superlātīvus, from Latin superlātus (“extravagant, of hyperbole”), past participle of superfero (“carry over”), from super (“above”) + fero (“bear, carry”).
[Noun]
superlative (plural superlatives)
1.The highest extent or degree of something.
2.(grammar) The form of an adjective that expresses which of more than two items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending "-est" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "most" before it.
The superlative of "big" is "biggest"
3.(informal) An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
Lincoln is amazing, wonderful, fantastic, and many other superlatives I can’t think of right now!
[See also]
- absolute
- comparative
- elative
[Synonyms]
- (highest degree): acme, peak
- (exceptionally good): above and beyond, exceptional, extraordinary, superb
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
superlative f.
1.feminine plural form of superlativo
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ghost
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡəʊst/[Alternative forms]
- ghoast (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
- goths, Goths
[Etymology]
From Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst (“breath, soul, spirit, ghost, life, mind, angel, demon, man, human being”), from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz (“ghost, spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeizd-, *ǵʰizd- (“anger, agitation”). Cognate with Scots ghaist (“ghost”), West Frisian geast (“spirit”), Dutch geest (“spirit, mind, ghost”), German Geist (“spirit, mind, intellect”), Swedish gast (“ghost”), Sanskrit हेड (heḍa, “anger, hatred”).
[Noun]
ghost (plural ghosts)
1.(obsolete) The spirit; the soul of man.
Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament. — Spenser
2.The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.
The mighty ghosts of our great Harries rose. — Shakespeare.
I thought that I had died in sleep/And was a blessed ghost. — Coleridge
3.1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
4.Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering.
not a ghost of a chance
the ghost of an idea
Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. — Poe
5.A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
6.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.
7.A ghostwriter.
8.(paganism) A nature spirit, ancestor or house spirit (see brownie ) revered in Heathenry.
Before all else, we speak to the land to the ghosts and spirits of this place known to many as pixies, fairies, brownies, or elfs. (Math Jones)
9.(Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
10.(computing) an image of a file or hard disk.
11.(theater) An understudy.
12.(espionage) A covert (and deniable agent.
[Synonyms]
- (soul): soul, spirit
- (spirit appearing after death): apparition, haint, phantom, revenant, specter/spectre, spook, wraith.
- (faint shadowy semblance): glimmer, glimmering, glimpse, hint, inkling, spark, suggestion.
- (false image in an optical device):
- (false image on a television screen): : echo
- (ghostwriter): ghostwriter
- See also Wikisaurus:ghost
[Verb]
ghost (third-person singular simple present ghosts, present participle ghosting, simple past and past participle ghosted)
1.(transitive) To haunt.
2.(ambitransitive) To ghostwrite.
3.(computing) to copy a file or hard drive image.
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5.2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, BBC Sport:
Arsenal came into the match under severe pressure and nerves were palpable early on as Pratley was brilliantly denied by Szczesny after ghosting in front of Kieran Gibbs
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