haunt

haunt
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noun
ADJECTIVE
favourite/favorite, old, popular (esp. BrE), regular, usual
tourist (esp. BrE)

The area was a popular tourist haunt.

VERB + HAUNT
go back to, return to, revisit (all esp. BrE)

We've been back to some of our old haunts.

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verb
1 appear as a ghost in a place
ADVERB
reputedly (esp. BrE), supposedly

a castle which is reputedly haunted

VERB + HAUNT
come back to, return to

He said he would come back to haunt her.

That decision came back to haunt him in later life. (figurative)

2 be always in your mind
ADVERB
still

the great fear that still haunts her

forever

He will be haunted forever by his failed attempt to rescue the children.

VERB + HAUNT
continue to

These visions continued to haunt her for many years.

Haunt is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑dream, ↑fear, ↑ghost, ↑nightmare, ↑spectre, ↑word
Haunt is used with these nouns as the object: ↑dream, ↑imagination, ↑memory, ↑mind, ↑nightmare

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  • Haunt — Haunt, n. 1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts. [1913 Webster] Note: In Old English the place occupied by any one as a dwelling or in his business was… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Haunt — (h[aum]nt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haunting}.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see {Ambition}); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Haunt — Haunt, v. i. To persist in staying or visiting. [1913 Webster] I ve charged thee not to haunt about my doors. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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