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1. (v.t.) haunt
to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost:
to haunt a house; to haunt a person.
2. haunt
to recur persistently to the consciousness of; remain with:
Memories of love haunted me.
3. haunt
to visit frequently; go to often:
She haunted the art galleries.
4. haunt
to disturb or distress; cause to have anxiety:
His youthful escapades came back to haunt him.
5. (v.i.) haunt
to reappear continually as a spirit or ghost.
6. haunt
to remain persistently; stay; linger.
7. (n.) haunt
Often, haunts. a place frequently visited:
to return to one's old haunts.
8. haunt
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a ghost.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME < OF hanter to frequent, prob. < ON heimta to lead home, der. of heim homewards; see home)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground
a frequently visited place
2. (verb) haunt, stalk
follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
"her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
3. (verb) haunt, obsess, ghost
haunt like a ghost; pursue
"Fear of illness haunts her"
4. (verb) frequent, haunt
be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
"She haunts the ballet"
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1. (verb) haunt
(of the spirit of a dead person) to be present in a place
a ghost haunting the castle
2. haunt
to make sb remember upsetting things
Her death haunted him for the rest of his life.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) haunt
a place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts
2. (noun) haunt
the habit of resorting to a place
3. (noun) haunt
practice; skill
4. (verb) haunt
to frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon
5. (verb) haunt
to inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition
6. (verb) haunt
to practice; to devote one's self to
7. (verb) haunt
to accustom; to habituate
8. (verb) haunt
to persist in staying or visiting
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Sense: (of a ghost) to inhabit
A ghost is said to haunt this house.
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 Afrikaans: spook |
 Arabic: يَتَرَدَّد إلى |
 Bulgarian: обитавам |
 Brazilian: assombrar |
 Czech: strašit |
 German: umgehen |
 Danish: hjemsøge |
 Greek: στοιχειώνω |
 Spanish: aparecer en, rondar por |
 Estonian: kummitama |
 Farsi: ساکن شدن در |
 Finnish: kummitella |
 French: hanter |
 Hebrew: לִרדוֹף |
 Hindi: प्रेत प्रभावित |
 Croatian: obilaziti (duh, sablast) |
 Hungarian: kísért |
 Indonesian: menghuni |
 Icelandic: ásækja, ganga aftur |
 Italian: infestare |
 Japanese: 出没する |
 Korean: (유령 등이) 출몰하다 |
 Lithuanian: vaidentis (kur) |
 Latvian: rēgoties; spokoties |
 Malay: menunggu |
 Dutch: rondspoken van een geest, |
 Norwegian: spøke, hjemsøke |
 Polish: nawiedzać |
 Persian: ساکن شدن در |
 Pashto: زيا ته ناسته ولاړه كول ، |
 Portuguese: assombrar |
 Romanian: a bântui |
 Russian: обитать, являться |
 Slovak: strašiť |
 Slovenian: strašiti |
 Serbian: pohoditi |
 Swedish: spöka i (på, hos) |
 Thai: สิงสู่ |
 Turkish: sık sık belirmek/gözükmek |
 Taiwanese: (鬼魂)出沒 |
 Ukrainian: з'являтися |
 Urdu: بھوت پریت کا اثر زدہ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: (về ma) thường đến thăm m |
 Chinese: （神鬼）出没 |
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