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Miss

Pronunciation: mĭst
n.1.A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
2.A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.
Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses,
Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses.
- Cawthorn.
3.A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.
4.(Card Playing) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
v. t.1.To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
[imp. & p. p. Missed (mĭst); p. pr. & vb. n. Missing.]
When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right.
- Locke.
2.To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; - now seldom applied to persons.
She would never miss, one day,
A walk so fine, a sight so gay.
- Prior.
We cannot miss him; he does make our fire,
Fetch in our wood.
- Shak.
3.To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want; as, to miss an absent loved one.
Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him.
- 1 Sam. xxv. 15, 21.
What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss.
- Milton.
To miss stays
(Naut.) See under Stay.
v. i.1.To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss.
- Bacon.
Flying bullets now,
To execute his rage, appear too slow;
They miss, or sweep but common souls away.
- Waller.
2.To fail to obtain, learn, or find; - with of.
Upon the least reflection, we can not miss of them.
- Atterbury.
3.To go wrong; to err.
Amongst the angels, a whole legion
Of wicked sprites did fall from happy bliss;
What wonder then if one, of women all, did miss?
- Spenser.
4.To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
- Shak.
n.1.The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.
2.Loss; want; felt absence.
There will be no great miss of those which are lost.
- Locke.
3.Mistake; error; fault.
He did without any great miss in the hardest points of grammar.
- Ascham.
4.Harm from mistake.
Noun1.miss - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
2.miss - a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Synonyms: misfire
Verb1.miss - 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"
Synonyms: lose
2.miss - feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"
3.miss - fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
Antonyms:
attend, go to - be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?"
4.miss - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
5.miss - fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train"
6.miss - be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"
Synonyms: lack
Antonyms:
feature, have - have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"
7.miss - fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"
Antonyms:
collide with, impinge on, strike, hit, run into - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
8.miss - be absent; "The child had been missing for a week"
9.miss - fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
Synonyms: escape
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