ghost : Idioms & Phrases

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ghost dance

  • noun a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead
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ghost gum

  • noun small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips
    snow gum; white ash; Eucalyptus coriacea; Eucalyptus pauciflora.
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Ghost moth

  • (Zoöl.), a large European moth (Hepialus humuli); so called from the white color of the male, and the peculiar hovering flight; called also great swift.
Webster 1913

ghost town

  • noun a deserted settlement (especially in western United States)
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ghost weed

  • noun annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk
    snow-on-the-mountain; Euphorbia marginata; snow-in-summer.
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ghost word

  • noun a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error
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give-up the ghost

  • verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
    decease; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
    • She died from cancer
    • The children perished in the fire
    • The patient went peacefully
    • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
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Holy Ghost

  • noun the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost
    Holy Spirit; Paraclete.
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  • the Holy Spirit; the Paraclete; the Comforter; (Theol.) the third person in the Trinity.
Webster 1913

To give up ∨ yield up the ghost

  • to die; to expire.
Webster 1913

To give up the ghost

  • . See under Ghost.
Webster 1913

To yield the breath, the ghost, ∨ the life

  • to die; to expire; often followed by up.
    One calmly yields his willing breath. Keble.
Webster 1913