"haunt" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɔːnt/, /hɑːnt/ (note: some accents), /hænt/ (note: some accents for noun definition #2) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-haunt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: haunts [plural]
enPR: hônt (note: some accents for noun definition #2), hänt (note: some accents for noun definition #2), hănt (note: some accents for noun definition #2) Rhymes: -ɔːnt, -ɑːnt, -ænt Etymology: From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”). Cognate with Old English hāmettan (“to provide housing to, bring home”); related to Old English hām (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutch hanteren, whence German hantieren, Swedish hantera, Danish håndtere. More at home. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|haunten||to reside, inhabit, use, employ}} Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), {{der|en|fro|hanter||to inhabit, frequent, resort to}} Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), {{der|en|fro-nor|hanter|t=to go back home, frequent}} Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), {{der|en|non|heimta||to bring home, fetch}} Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”), {{der|en|ang|hāmettan||to bring home; house; cohabit with}} Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*haimatjaną||to house, bring home}} Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*haimaz||village, home}} Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱóymos||village}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”), {{cog|ang|hāmettan||to provide housing to, bring home}} Old English hāmettan (“to provide housing to, bring home”), {{cog|ang|hām||home, village}} Old English hām (“home, village”), {{cog|fro|hantin||a stay, a place frequented by}} Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”), {{cog|nl|hanteren}} Dutch hanteren, {{cog|de|hantieren}} German hantieren, {{cog|sv|hantera}} Swedish hantera, {{cog|da|håndtere}} Danish håndtere Head templates: {{en-noun}} haunt (plural haunts)
  1. A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout. Translations (place at which one is regularly found): свърталище (svǎrtalište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), trefpunt (Dutch), kantapaikka (Finnish), vakiopaikka (Finnish), point de rencontre [masculine] (French), Treffpunkt [masculine] (German), στέκι (stéki) [neuter] (Greek), λημέρι (liméri) [neuter] (Greek), εντευκτήριο (entefktírio) [neuter] (Greek), ritrovo [masculine] (Italian), 行きつけ (ikitsuke) (Japanese), 단골 (dan'gol) (Korean), lustrum [neuter] (Latin), свратилиште (svratilište) [neuter] (Macedonian), ripoinga (Maori), kainga waewae (Maori), پاتوق (pâtoq) (Persian), poiso [masculine] (Portuguese), poiso habitual [masculine] (Portuguese), pouso [masculine] (Portuguese), pouso habitual [masculine] (Portuguese), mötesplats (Swedish), träffpunkt (Swedish), tillhåll [neuter] (Swedish), gömsle [neuter] (Swedish), bro [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-haunt-en-noun-OT4zRBWP Disambiguation of 'place at which one is regularly found': 96 1 3
  2. (dialect) A ghost. Tags: dialectal Synonyms: haint
    Sense id: en-haunt-en-noun-M4EDrR8T Categories (other): Ghosts Disambiguation of Ghosts: 6 38 6 18 6 6 6 5 5 4
  3. A lair or feeding place of animals. Categories (topical): Occult Translations (feeding place for animals): ruokintapaikka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-haunt-en-noun-4cB7VBX~ Disambiguation of Occult: 7 8 12 16 6 15 5 13 14 6 Disambiguation of 'feeding place for animals': 14 6 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hant [Scotland], ha'nt [US, dialectal], haint [US, dialectal], harnt [US, dialectal] Derived forms: home haunt

Verb

IPA: /hɔːnt/, /hɑːnt/ (note: some accents), /hænt/ (note: some accents for noun definition #2) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-haunt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: haunts [present, singular, third-person], haunting [participle, present], haunted [participle, past], haunted [past]
enPR: hônt (note: some accents for noun definition #2), hänt (note: some accents for noun definition #2), hănt (note: some accents for noun definition #2) Rhymes: -ɔːnt, -ɑːnt, -ænt Etymology: From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”). Cognate with Old English hāmettan (“to provide housing to, bring home”); related to Old English hām (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutch hanteren, whence German hantieren, Swedish hantera, Danish håndtere. More at home. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|haunten||to reside, inhabit, use, employ}} Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), {{der|en|fro|hanter||to inhabit, frequent, resort to}} Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), {{der|en|fro-nor|hanter|t=to go back home, frequent}} Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), {{der|en|non|heimta||to bring home, fetch}} Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”), {{der|en|ang|hāmettan||to bring home; house; cohabit with}} Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*haimatjaną||to house, bring home}} Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*haimaz||village, home}} Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱóymos||village}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”), {{cog|ang|hāmettan||to provide housing to, bring home}} Old English hāmettan (“to provide housing to, bring home”), {{cog|ang|hām||home, village}} Old English hām (“home, village”), {{cog|fro|hantin||a stay, a place frequented by}} Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”), {{cog|nl|hanteren}} Dutch hanteren, {{cog|de|hantieren}} German hantieren, {{cog|sv|hantera}} Swedish hantera, {{cog|da|håndtere}} Danish håndtere Head templates: {{en-verb}} haunt (third-person singular simple present haunts, present participle haunting, simple past and past participle haunted)
  1. (transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Occult Translations (to inhabit, or visit frequently): посещавам (poseštavam) (Bulgarian), 出沒 (Chinese Mandarin), 出没 (chūmò) (note: of creatures) (Chinese Mandarin), strašit (Czech), obcházet (Czech), rondspoken (Dutch), kummitella (note: of ghosts) (Finnish), olla (Finnish), hanter (French), herumspuken in (note: of ghosts) (German), spuken in (note: of ghosts) (German), heimsuchen (German), στοιχειώνω (stoicheióno) (Greek), kísért (Hungarian), pelehellä (Ingrian), gnáthaigh (Irish), infestare (Italian), 出没する (shutsubotsu suru) (note: of creatures) (Japanese), 取り憑く (toritsuku) (Japanese), kuku (Maori), poke (Maori), straszyć (Polish), nawiedzać (Polish), nawiedzić (Polish), nawiedzać [imperfective] (Polish), nawiedzić [perfective] (Polish), perseguir (Portuguese), assombrar (Portuguese), bântui (Romanian), посеща́ть (poseščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), навеща́ть (naveščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), появля́ться (pojavljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), frecuentar (Spanish), hemsöka (Swedish), відвідувати (vidviduvaty) (alt: часто) (Ukrainian), навідувати (naviduvaty) (Ukrainian), вчащати (včaščaty) (Ukrainian), бувати (buvaty) (Ukrainian), mynychu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-haunt-en-verb-qcONCrbi Disambiguation of Occult: 7 8 12 16 6 15 5 13 14 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 4 11 4 24 25 8 Disambiguation of 'to inhabit, or visit frequently': 74 0 4 8 3 3 9
  2. (transitive) To make uneasy, restless. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to make uneasy): nag Translations (to make uneasy): pronásledovat (Czech), beklemmen (Dutch), vaivata (Finnish), hanter (French), στοιχειώνω (stoicheióno) (Greek), kísért (Hungarian), tormentare (Italian), 取り憑く (toritsuku) (Japanese), assombrar (Portuguese), пресле́довать (preslédovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), espantar (Spanish), desasosegar (Spanish), inquietar (Spanish), hemsöka (Swedish), anfäkta (Swedish), тривожити (tryvožyty) (Ukrainian), мучити (mučyty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-haunt-en-verb-jX7U9Dbn Disambiguation of 'to make uneasy': 0 92 0 0 7 1 0 Disambiguation of 'to make uneasy': 0 92 0 0 7 1 0
  3. (transitive) To stalk; to follow. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Occult Translations (to stalk): преследвам (presledvam) (Bulgarian), achtervolgen (Dutch), varjostaa (Finnish), verfolgen (German), ακολουθώ (akolouthó) (Greek), követ (Hungarian), пресле́довать (preslédovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), perseguir (Spanish), acechar (Spanish), förfölja (Swedish), переслі́дувати (pereslíduvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-haunt-en-verb-uk4doeSD Disambiguation of Occult: 7 8 12 16 6 15 5 13 14 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 4 11 4 24 25 8 Disambiguation of 'to stalk': 2 0 88 2 2 2 5
  4. (intransitive, now rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain. Tags: archaic, intransitive Synonyms (to live habitually): live Translations (to live habitually): обитавам (obitavam) (Bulgarian), wonen (Dutch), verblijven (Dutch), asustella (Finnish), majailla (Finnish), demeurer (French), συχνάζω (sychnázo) (Greek), lakik (Hungarian), обита́ть (obitátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), bo (Swedish), мешкати (meškaty) (Ukrainian), проживати (prožyvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-haunt-en-verb-pC5YP5w5 Disambiguation of 'to live habitually': 5 0 0 93 0 0 2 Disambiguation of 'to live habitually': 5 0 0 93 0 0 2
  5. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive Categories (topical): Occult
    Sense id: en-haunt-en-verb-Lmbd5dxe Disambiguation of Occult: 7 8 12 16 6 15 5 13 14 6 Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 4 11 4 24 25 8
  6. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive Categories (topical): Occult
    Sense id: en-haunt-en-verb-ao2REiLC Disambiguation of Occult: 7 8 12 16 6 15 5 13 14 6 Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 4 11 4 24 25 8
  7. (intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-haunt-en-verb-ZRHoljxK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dwell, hant [Scotland], ha'nt [US, dialectal], haint [US, dialectal], harnt [US, dialectal] Derived forms: come back to haunt, de-haunt

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "heimsuchen"
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          "word": "infestare"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "of creatures",
          "roman": "shutsubotsu suru",
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          "word": "出没する"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "toritsuku",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "取り憑く"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "kuku"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "poke"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "straszyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "nawiedzać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "nawiedzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "nawiedzać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "nawiedzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "perseguir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "assombrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "bântui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poseščátʹ",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "посеща́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naveščátʹ",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "навеща́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pojavljátʹsja",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "появля́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "frecuentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "hemsöka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "alt": "часто",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidviduvaty",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "відвідувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "naviduvaty",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "навідувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "včaščaty",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "вчащати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "buvaty",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "бувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 0 4 8 3 3 9",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
          "word": "mynychu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The memory of his past failures haunted him.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make uneasy, restless."
      ],
      "id": "en-haunt-en-verb-jX7U9Dbn",
      "links": [
        [
          "uneasy",
          "uneasy"
        ],
        [
          "restless",
          "restless"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make uneasy, restless."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "nag"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "pronásledovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "beklemmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "vaivata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "hanter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "stoicheióno",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "στοιχειώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "kísért"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "tormentare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "toritsuku",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "取り憑く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "assombrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "preslédovatʹ",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "пресле́довать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "espantar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "desasosegar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "inquietar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "hemsöka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "anfäkta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "tryvožyty",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "тривожити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 92 0 0 7 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mučyty",
          "sense": "to make uneasy",
          "word": "мучити"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 4 11 4 24 25 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis": "7 8 12 16 6 15 5 13 14 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Occult",
          "orig": "en:Occult",
          "parents": [
            "Forteana",
            "Religion",
            "Pseudoscience",
            "Culture",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 September 23, Elle King, Dave Bassett, “Ex's & Oh's”, in Love Stuff, performed by Elle King",
          "text": "Ex's and the oh-oh-oh's, they haunt me / Like ghosts, they want me / To make 'em a-a-all / They won't let go / Ex's and oh's",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stalk; to follow."
      ],
      "id": "en-haunt-en-verb-uk4doeSD",
      "links": [
        [
          "stalk",
          "stalk"
        ],
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To stalk; to follow."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 88 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "presledvam",
          "sense": "to stalk",
          "word": "преследвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 88 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to stalk",
          "word": "achtervolgen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 88 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to stalk",
          "word": "varjostaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 88 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to stalk",
          "word": "verfolgen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 88 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "akolouthó",
          "sense": "to stalk",
          "word": "ακολουθώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 88 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to stalk",
          "word": "követ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 88 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "preslédovatʹ",
          "sense": "to stalk",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "пресле́довать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 88 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stalk",
          "word": "perseguir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 88 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stalk",
          "word": "acechar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 88 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to stalk",
          "word": "förfölja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 88 2 2 2 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pereslíduvaty",
          "sense": "to stalk",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "переслі́дувати"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To live habitually; to stay, to remain."
      ],
      "id": "en-haunt-en-verb-pC5YP5w5",
      "links": [
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, now rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "live"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obitavam",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "обитавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "wonen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "verblijven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "asustella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "majailla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "demeurer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sychnázo",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "συχνάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "lakik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obitátʹ",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обита́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "bo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "meškaty",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "мешкати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 0 0 93 0 0 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prožyvaty",
          "sense": "to live habitually",
          "word": "проживати"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern England English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 4 11 4 24 25 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 8 12 16 6 15 5 13 14 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Occult",
          "orig": "en:Occult",
          "parents": [
            "Forteana",
            "Religion",
            "Pseudoscience",
            "Culture",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to."
      ],
      "id": "en-haunt-en-verb-Lmbd5dxe",
      "links": [
        [
          "accustom",
          "accustom"
        ],
        [
          "habituate",
          "habituate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland",
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern England English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 4 11 4 24 25 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 8 12 16 6 15 5 13 14 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Occult",
          "orig": "en:Occult",
          "parents": [
            "Forteana",
            "Religion",
            "Pseudoscience",
            "Culture",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To practise; to devote oneself to."
      ],
      "id": "en-haunt-en-verb-ao2REiLC",
      "links": [
        [
          "practise",
          "practise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland",
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To persist in staying or visiting."
      ],
      "id": "en-haunt-en-verb-ZRHoljxK",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːnt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːnt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑːnt/",
      "note": "some accents"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːnt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hænt/",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-haunt.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/57/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-haunt.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-haunt.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hônt",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hänt",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hănt",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dwell"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "hant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "ha'nt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "haint"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "harnt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "haunt"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "home haunt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "haunten",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to reside, inhabit, use, employ"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "hanter",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to inhabit, frequent, resort to"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "hanter",
        "t": "to go back home, frequent"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "heimta",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to bring home, fetch"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hāmettan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to bring home; house; cohabit with"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*haimatjaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to house, bring home"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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          "ref": "1984 October 8, Timothy Loughran, Natalie Angier, “Science: Striking It Rich in Wyoming”, in Time",
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          "ref": "2018, Michael Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol Newsom, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "trefpunt"
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          "word": "vakiopaikka"
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            "neuter"
          ],
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          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "行きつけ"
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          "word": "단골"
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "ripoinga"
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          "word": "kainga waewae"
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "mötesplats"
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːnt"
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      "ipa": "/hænt/",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
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      "enpr": "hänt",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
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        "(transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts)."
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          "ref": "2014 September 23, Elle King, Dave Bassett, “Ex's & Oh's”, in Love Stuff, performed by Elle King",
          "text": "Ex's and the oh-oh-oh's, they haunt me / Like ghosts, they want me / To make 'em a-a-all / They won't let go / Ex's and oh's",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To stalk; to follow."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To live habitually; to stay, to remain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, now rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Northern England English",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accustom",
          "accustom"
        ],
        [
          "habituate",
          "habituate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland",
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Northern England English",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To practise; to devote oneself to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "practise",
          "practise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland",
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To persist in staying or visiting."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːnt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːnt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑːnt/",
      "note": "some accents"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːnt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hænt/",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-haunt.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/57/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-haunt.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-haunt.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/57/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-haunt.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-haunt.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hônt",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hänt",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hănt",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "nag"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "live"
    },
    {
      "word": "dwell"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "hant"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "ha'nt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "haint"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "harnt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poseštavam",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "посещавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "出沒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of creatures",
      "roman": "chūmò",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "出没"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "strašit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "obcházet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "rondspoken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of ghosts",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "kummitella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "olla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "hanter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "of ghosts",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "herumspuken in"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "of ghosts",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "spuken in"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "heimsuchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stoicheióno",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "στοιχειώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "kísért"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "pelehellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "gnáthaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "infestare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "of creatures",
      "roman": "shutsubotsu suru",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "出没する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "toritsuku",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "取り憑く"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "kuku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "poke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "straszyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "nawiedzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "nawiedzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nawiedzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nawiedzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "perseguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "assombrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "bântui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poseščátʹ",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "посеща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naveščátʹ",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "навеща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pojavljátʹsja",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "появля́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "frecuentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "hemsöka"
    },
    {
      "alt": "часто",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidviduvaty",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "відвідувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naviduvaty",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "навідувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "včaščaty",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "вчащати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "buvaty",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "бувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to inhabit, or visit frequently",
      "word": "mynychu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "pronásledovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "beklemmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "vaivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "hanter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stoicheióno",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "στοιχειώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "kísért"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "tormentare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "toritsuku",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "取り憑く"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "assombrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preslédovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пресле́довать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "espantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "desasosegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "inquietar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "hemsöka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "anfäkta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tryvožyty",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "тривожити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mučyty",
      "sense": "to make uneasy",
      "word": "мучити"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "presledvam",
      "sense": "to stalk",
      "word": "преследвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to stalk",
      "word": "achtervolgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stalk",
      "word": "varjostaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stalk",
      "word": "verfolgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akolouthó",
      "sense": "to stalk",
      "word": "ακολουθώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to stalk",
      "word": "követ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preslédovatʹ",
      "sense": "to stalk",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пресле́довать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stalk",
      "word": "perseguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stalk",
      "word": "acechar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to stalk",
      "word": "förfölja"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereslíduvaty",
      "sense": "to stalk",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переслі́дувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obitavam",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "обитавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "wonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "verblijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "asustella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "majailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "demeurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sychnázo",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "συχνάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "lakik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obitátʹ",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обита́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "bo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "meškaty",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "мешкати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prožyvaty",
      "sense": "to live habitually",
      "word": "проживати"
    }
  ],
  "word": "haunt"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English terms derived from Old Northern French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ænt",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːnt",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːnt/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔːnt",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔːnt/1 syllable",
    "en:Ghosts",
    "en:Occult"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "home haunt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "haunten",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to reside, inhabit, use, employ"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "hanter",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to inhabit, frequent, resort to"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "hanter",
        "t": "to go back home, frequent"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "heimta",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to bring home, fetch"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hāmettan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to bring home; house; cohabit with"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*haimatjaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to house, bring home"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*haimaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "village, home"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱóymos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "village"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hāmettan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to provide housing to, bring home"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hāmettan (“to provide housing to, bring home”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hām",
        "3": "",
        "4": "home, village"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hām (“home, village”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "hantin",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a stay, a place frequented by"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "hanteren"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch hanteren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "hantieren"
      },
      "expansion": "German hantieren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "hantera"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish hantera",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "håndtere"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish håndtere",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”).\nCognate with Old English hāmettan (“to provide housing to, bring home”); related to Old English hām (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutch hanteren, whence German hantieren, Swedish hantera, Danish håndtere. More at home.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "haunts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "haunt (plural haunts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The shopping mall is a popular haunt of the local teenagers in this town.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I went back the town I used to live and visited all my old haunts.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle",
          "text": "It is a great rock or cliff on the loneliest part of the mountains, and, … is known by the name of the Garden Rock. Near the foot of it is a small lake, the haunt of the solitary bittern, with water-snakes basking in the sun on the leaves of the pond-lilies which lie on the surface.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1868, Louisa May Alcott, Kitty's Class Day",
          "text": "Both Jack and Fletcher had graduated the year before, but still took an interest in their old haunts, and patronized the fellows who were not yet through.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984 October 8, Timothy Loughran, Natalie Angier, “Science: Striking It Rich in Wyoming”, in Time",
          "text": "Wyoming has been a favorite haunt of paleontologists for the past century ever since westering pioneers reported that many vertebrate fossils were almost lying on the ground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Michael Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol Newsom, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha",
          "text": "It shall be the haunt of jackals, an abode for ostriches.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "habitation",
          "habitation"
        ],
        [
          "hangout",
          "hangout"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ghost."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect) A ghost."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "haint"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A lair or feeding place of animals."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːnt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːnt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑːnt/",
      "note": "some accents"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːnt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hænt/",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-haunt.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hônt",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hänt",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hănt",
      "note": "some accents for noun definition #2"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "hant"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "ha'nt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "haint"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "harnt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svǎrtalište",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свърталище"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "word": "trefpunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "word": "kantapaikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "word": "vakiopaikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "point de rencontre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Treffpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stéki",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "στέκι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "liméri",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λημέρι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "entefktírio",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "εντευκτήριο"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ritrovo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ikitsuke",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "word": "行きつけ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dan'gol",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "word": "단골"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lustrum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svratilište",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свратилиште"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "word": "ripoinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "word": "kainga waewae"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pâtoq",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "word": "پاتوق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poiso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poiso habitual"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pouso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pouso habitual"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "word": "mötesplats"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "word": "träffpunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tillhåll"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gömsle"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "place at which one is regularly found",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "feeding place for animals",
      "word": "ruokintapaikka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "haunt"
}

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