Noun | 1. | miss - a young woman; "a young lady of 18" |
2. | miss - a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) Synonyms: misfire | |
Verb | 1. | 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" | |
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 | |
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 |