miss
n 1: a young woman; "a young lady of 18" [syn: {girl}, {missy}, {young
lady}, {young woman}, {fille}]
2: a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) [syn: {missfire}]
v 1: fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I
missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost
part of what he said" [syn: {lose}]
2: feel or suffer from the lack of: "He misses his mother"
3: fail to attend an event or activity: "I missed the concert";
"He missed school for a week" [ant: {attend}]
4: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
[syn: {neglect}, {omit}, {drop}, {leave out}, {overlook},
{overleap}] [ant: {attend to}]
5: fail to reach or get to: "She missed her train"
6: be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something
missing in my jewellery box!" [syn: {lack}] [ant: {have}]
7: fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target" [ant: {hit}]
8: fail to hit the intended target [ant: {hit}]
9: be absent; "The child had been missing for a week"
10: fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
[syn: {escape}]