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haunt
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- pronunciation:
- hawnt
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
haunts, haunting, haunted |
| definition 1: |
When people talk about ghosts, they often say that they haunt a place. If a ghost haunts a place, it means that they appear or can be heard or felt in that place. If a ghost haunts a living person, it means that they visit or appear to that person.
People say that ghosts have haunted the castle for five hundred years. |
| definition 2: |
If a memory haunts you, it comes to your mind often and causes you to be sad or upset.
The memory of the terrible accident still haunts her. |
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