ghost dance | a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead |
floor level storey story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
ghost shade spook wraith specter spectre | a mental representation of some haunting experience, he looked like he had seen a ghost, it aroused specters from his past |
news article news story newspaper article | an article reporting news |
lead lead story | a news story of major importance |
ghost word | a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error |
story | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events, he writes stories for the magazines |
adventure story heroic tale | a story of an adventure |
mystery mystery story whodunit | a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie |
detective story | a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution |
love story romance | a story dealing with love |
short story | a prose narrative shorter than a novel |
history account chronicle story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
biography life life story life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
report news report story account write up | a short account of the news, the report of his speech, the story was on the o'clock news, the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious |
fib story tale tarradiddle taradiddle | a trivial lie, he told a fib about eating his spinach, how can I stop my child from telling stories? |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story cock-and-bull story song and dance | an interesting but highly implausible story, often told as an excuse |
dirty joke dirty story blue joke blue story | an indelicate joke |
funny story good story funny remark funny | an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line), she told a funny story, she made a funny |
shaggy dog story | a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness |
touch trace ghost | a suggestion of some quality, there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone, he detected a ghost of a smile on her face |
narrative narration story tale | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events, presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program, his narrative was interesting, Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children |
sob story sob stuff | a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress, designed to arouse sympathy |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story | a story about fairies, told to amuse children |
ghost town | a deserted settlement (especially in western United States) |
Holy Ghost Holy Spirit Paraclete | 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 |
ghost | the visible disembodied soul of a dead person |
ghostwriter ghost | a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else |
snow gum ghost gum white ash Eucalyptus coriacea Eucalyptus pauciflora | small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips |
snow-on-the-mountain snow-in-summer ghost weed Euphorbia marginata | annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk |
die decease perish go exit pass away expire pass b kick the bucket cash in one's chips buy the farm conk give-up the ghost drop dead pop off choke croak snuff it | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life, She died from cancer, The children perished in the fire, The patient went peacefully, The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of |
ghost ghostwrite | write for someone else, How many books have you ghostwritten so far? |
haunt obsess ghost | haunt like a ghost, pursue, Fear of illness haunts her |
ghost | move like a ghost, The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard |