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ghost

/ɡoʊst/ verbe C2

En français : ghoster

  1. Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt. (literary, transitive)
  2. To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue. (literary, transitive)
  3. To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble. (figuratively, transitive)
  4. To kill (someone). (figuratively, slang, transitive)
  5. To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable. (figuratively, transitive)
  6. To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname. (figuratively, transitive)
  7. To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, through 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. (figuratively, slang, transitive)
  8. 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. (transitive)

He/she/it ghosts · Prétérit ghosted · Participe passé ghosted · Forme en -ing ghosting

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Dans la bibliothèque

And the ghost of a little murdered child haunts the corner up by Idlewild; it creeps up behind you and lays its cold fingers on your hand--so.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 164 · C1
She marched the shrinking ghost-seer down to the spring and ordered her to proceed straightway over the bridge and into the dusky retreats of wailing ladies and headless specters beyond.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 165 · C1
“De lady says dat she’s on to de fact dat gals is dead easy when a feller comes spielin’ ghost stories and tryin’ to make up, and dat’s why she won’t listen to no soft-soap.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 38 · C1
Baskerville shuddered as he looked up the long, dark drive to where the house glimmered like a ghost at the farther end.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 68 · C1

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