Word Meaning

miss definition and meaning

a. & adv. Wrong; amiss.
n. A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
n. A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.
n. A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.
n. 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. 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.
v. t. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.
v. t. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want.
v. i. To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
v. i. To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.
v. i. To go wrong; to err.
v. i. To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
n. The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.
n. Loss; want; felt absence.
n. Mistake; error; fault.
n. Harm from mistake.

Crossword clues for miss

- Be unsuccessful
- Fail to catch (bus)
- Fail to hit
- Fail to notice
- Fail to see
- Failure to hit a target
- I’m returning steamship to woman
- Leave out
- Overlook
- Pageant title is not a hit
- Regret the absence of restless mistress
- Regret the absence of the girl
- Skip
- Unmarried woman
- Young girl
- Young lady