haunts
Because it is a word with a single syllable, haunts is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofhaunts
- A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
Example: "I went back the town I used to live and visited all my old haunts."
- A ghost.
- A feeding place for animals.
- To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
Example: "A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house."
- To make uneasy, restless.
Example: "The memory of his past failures haunted him."
- To stalk, to follow
Example: "The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere."
- To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
- To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
- To practise; to devote oneself to.
- To persist in staying or visiting.
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