Cases of word usage

1) a ghost or the spirit of a dead person being seen (apparition)

2) (in stories) an evil spirit (bogey)

3) (in stories) an evil, wicked or cruel supernatural being or spirit (demon)

4) the spirit of evil; a cruel or mischievous person (devil)

5) an object worshipped by people because they believe a spirit lives in it; anything to which too much respect or attention is given (fetish)

6) (in Arabic stories) a spirit with strange powers (genie)

7) (a spirit of) a dead person appearing to a person still living (ghost)

8) without taste or flavour, without interest, spirit (insipid)

9) any substance that forms a physical thing (contrasted with 'mind, spirit etc'); the subject for one's thoughts or for a book, speech etc (contrasted with the form or style) (matter)

10) (Buddhism) the desired state after death in which the individual becomes part of the supreme spirit (God) (nirvana)