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What (who) is ghost - definition

SOUL OR SPIRIT OF A DEAD PERSON OR ANIMAL THAT CAN APPEAR TO THE LIVING
Wraith (entity); Ghostology; Spectre (creature); Apparition (supernatural); Haint; Ghostly; Ghost (paranormal); Ghost Movers; Ghosts in European folklore; Ghosts in European culture; 👻; Ghost being; GHOST; Disembodied spirit; Earthbound spirit; Ghosts; Slime ghost
  • soul]] and spirit re-united after death
  • Athenodorus]] and the Ghost'', by [[Henry Justice Ford]], c.1900
  • A 1901 depiction of [[ball lightning]]
  • ''[[Macbeth]] Seeing the Ghost of [[Banquo]]'' by [[Théodore Chassériau]]
  • Country Life]]'' magazine, 1936
  • Catrinas]], one of the most popular figures of the ''Day of the Dead'' celebrations in Mexico
  • galla]]'' demons
  • morion]] type helmet and [[tassets]]. Depicting ghosts as wearing armor, to suggest a sense of antiquity, was common in [[Elizabethan theater]].
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  • Apulian red-figure [[bell krater]] depicting the ghost of [[Clytemnestra]] waking the [[Erinyes]], date unknown
  • [[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]], ''The Ghosts'', c. 1850
  • Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathani - A Soul Symbolized as an Angel
  • Relief from a carved funerary ''[[lekythos]]'' at Athens showing [[Hermes]] as [[psychopomp]] conducting the soul of the deceased, ''Myrrhine'' into Hades (ca. 430-420 B.C.)
  • ''[[Spirit of the Dead Watching]]'' by [[Paul Gauguin]] (1892)
  • By 1853, when the popular song ''Spirit Rappings'' was published, Spiritualism was an object of intense curiosity.
  • [[Yūrei]] (Japanese ghost) from the [[Hyakkai Zukan]], ca. 1737
  • Union Cemetery in [[Easton, Connecticut]] is home to the legend of the White Lady.
  • ''Witch of Endor'' by [[Nikolai Ge]], depicting [[King Saul]] encountering the ghost of [[Samuel]] (1857)
  • Khmer]]
  • An image of [[Zhong Kui]], the vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, painted sometime before 1304 A.D. by [[Gong Kai]]

Ghost         
·noun The spirit; the soul of man.
II. Ghost ·vi To Die; to Expire.
III. Ghost ·vt To appear to or haunt in the form of an Apparition.
IV. Ghost ·noun A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
V. Ghost ·noun The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.
VI. Ghost ·noun Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an Idea.
ghost         
Said when one is leaving a room or area.
I've got nothing left to do here, let me throw a pound to y'all. Later, I'm ghost.
ghost         
n.
apparition
1) to see a ghost
2) a ghost appears
3) to believe in ghosts

Wikipedia

Ghost

A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance. Other terms associated with it are apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter, spirit, spook, wraith, demon, and ghoul.

The belief in the existence of an afterlife, as well as manifestations of the spirits of the dead, is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to rest the spirits of the dead. Ghosts are generally described as solitary, human-like essences, though stories of ghostly armies and the ghosts of animals other than humans have also been recounted. They are believed to haunt particular locations, objects, or people they were associated with in life. According to a 2009 study by the Pew Research Center, 18% of Americans say they have seen a ghost.

The overwhelming consensus of science is that there is no proof that ghosts exist. Their existence is impossible to falsify, and ghost hunting has been classified as pseudoscience. Despite centuries of investigation, there is no scientific evidence that any location is inhabited by the spirits of the dead. Historically, certain toxic and psychoactive plants (such as datura and hyoscyamus niger), whose use has long been associated with necromancy and the underworld, have been shown to contain anticholinergic compounds that are pharmacologically linked to dementia (specifically DLB) as well as histological patterns of neurodegeneration. Recent research has indicated that ghost sightings may be related to degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Common prescription medication and over-the-counter drugs (such as sleep aids) may also, in rare instances, cause ghost-like hallucinations, particularly zolpidem and diphenhydramine. Older reports linked carbon monoxide poisoning to ghost-like hallucinations.

In folklore studies, ghosts fall within the motif index designation E200–E599 ("Ghosts and other revenants").

Examples of use of ghost
1. If you were a ghost what kind of ghost would you be?
2. So authorities intend to install a video surveillance system _ not to catch the ghost, but the ghost hunters.
3. In some areas of Mexico and El Salvador these towns are becoming ghost towns ňŔÓ ghost towns with decent roads, pavements and some fine US–style houses all paid for by remittances ňŔÓ but ghost towns nonetheless.
4. Why is a pretty girl like you playing a ghost? (Laughing aloud) I am playing a pretty ghost and it was fun doing that role.
5. A married woman falls in love with a ghost and then does she stay with the ghost or go with the husband?