(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If something unpleasant ~s you, you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long period of time.
The decision to leave her children now ~s her...
VERB: V n
2.
Something that ~s a person or organization regularly causes them problems over a long period of time.
The stigma of being a bankrupt is likely to ~ him for the rest of his life.
VERB: V n
3.
A place that is the ~ of a particular person is one which they often visit because they enjoy going there.
The Channel Islands are a favourite summer ~ for UK and French yachtsmen alike.
N-COUNT: with supp
4.
A ghost or spirit that ~s a place or a person regularly appears in the place, or is seen by the person and frightens them.
His ghost is said to ~ some of the rooms, banging a toy drum.
VERB: V n