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miss > 11 senses
NOUN1miss, girl, missy, young lady, young woman, filleA young woman
2miss, misfireA failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
VERB1miss, loseFail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
2missFeel or suffer from the lack of
3missFail to attend an event or activity
4miss, neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, leave out, overlook, overleapLeave undone or leave out
5missFail to reach or get to
6miss, lackBe without
7missFail to reach
8missBe absent
9miss, escapeFail to experience
miss > pronunciation
Soundsmih's
Rhymesabyss, allis, amaryllis, and 177 more rhymes in ihs at the HyperDic website...
miss > noun 1, person
MeaningA young woman.
Synonymsgirl, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
Narrowerbaby, sister; bachelor girl; belle; bimbo; colleen; dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird; flapper; gal; Gibson girl; lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille; maid, maiden; May queen, queen of the May; mill-girl; party girl; peri; ring girl; rosebud; sex kitten, sexpot, sex bomb; shop girl; soubrette; sweater girl; tomboy, romp, hoyden; valley girl; working girl
Broaderwoman, adult female
miss > noun 2, event
MeaningA failure to hit (or meet or find etc).
Synonymsmisfire
Broaderfailure
Verbsmiss; miss
miss > verb 1, perception
MeaningFail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Examples"I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"
Synonymslose
Narroweroverlook
miss > verb 2, emotion
MeaningFeel or suffer from the lack of.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
ModelThey miss moving
Examples"He misses his mother"
Entailsrepent, regret, rue
Narrowerregret
Broaderdesire, want
miss > verb 3, stative
MeaningFail to attend an event or activity.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
Narrowercut, skip
Broaderfail, neglect
Contraryattend, go to
miss > verb 4, cognition
MeaningLeave undone or leave out.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Examples"How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Synonymsneglect, pretermit, omit, drop, leave out, overlook, overleap
Narrowerforget; jump, pass over, skip, skip over
Contraryattend to, take to heart
miss > verb 5, motion
MeaningFail to reach or get to.
PatternSomething ----s something
Examples"She missed her train"
Entailstravel, go, move, locomote
Broaderfail, go wrong, miscarry
Nounsmiss
miss > verb 6, stative
MeaningBe without.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"There is something missing in my jewellery box!"
Synonymslack
Narrowerwant; exclude
Contraryhave, feature
miss > verb 7, contact
MeaningFail to reach.
PatternSomething ----s something
Examples"The arrow missed the target"
Narrowerovershoot; undershoot
Contraryhit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
Nounsmiss
miss > verb 8, stative
MeaningBe absent.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s
Examples"The child had been missing for a week"
miss > verb 9, communication
MeaningFail to experience.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Examples"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
Synonymsescape
Broaderavoid

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