miss (
http://definr.com/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:
misfire]
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,
pretermit,
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]