HAUNT


Meaning of HAUNT in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ favourite/favorite , old , popular ( esp. BrE ), regular , usual

▪ tourist ( esp. BrE )

The area was a popular tourist ~.

VERB + HAUNT

▪ go back to , return to , revisit (all esp. BrE )

We've been back to some of our old ~s.

II.

verb

1 appear as a ghost in a place

ADVERB

▪ reputedly ( esp. BrE ), supposedly

a castle which is reputedly ~ed

VERB + HAUNT

▪ come back to , return to

He said he would come back to ~ her.

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

2 be always in your mind

ADVERB

▪ still

the great fear that still ~s her

▪ forever

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

VERB + HAUNT

▪ continue to

These visions continued to ~ 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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .