kangastus — meaning in English

English meaning

• ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
• mirage noun An optical illusion, often seen in deserts or on hot roads, caused by light bending through layers of heated air — commonly appearing as a shimmering pool of water.
• vision noun The ability to see; eyesight.

Senses

kangastus is used for these senses in English:

• ghost (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
• mirage An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
• vision (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

ghost — full definition

1. noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
2. verb To suddenly stop all communication with someone, especially in a relationship, without any explanation.
3. verb To secretly write or produce work credited to someone else (short for ghostwrite).
4. verb To make a visual element look faint or grayed-out to show it can't currently be used.

mirage — full definition

1. noun An optical illusion, often seen in deserts or on hot roads, caused by light bending through layers of heated air — commonly appearing as a shimmering pool of water.
2. noun Something that appears real or attainable but is actually an illusion.

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