Miss

Definition:

  • (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.

Compare miss with other words:

miss vs. misy

amiss vs. miss

miss vs. moss

liss vs. miss

mess vs. miss

miss vs. siss

mise vs. miss

miss vs. missa

bored vs. miss

miss vs. muss

miss vs. piss

hiss vs. miss

miss vs. mist

kiss vs. miss

mass vs. miss

cancel vs. miss

miss vs. wonder

miss vs. yearning

ignore vs. miss

find vs. miss

fault vs. miss

misplaced vs. miss

miss vs. misses

left vs. miss

miss vs. mix

house vs. miss

content vs. miss

loose vs. miss

miss vs. pine

lack vs. miss

miss vs. primary

madam vs. miss

leave vs. miss

miss vs. missed

miss vs. remember

miss vs. overpass

desiderate vs. miss

lady vs. miss

lose vs. miss

miss vs. sir

miss vs. teacher

miss vs. waitress

miss vs. woman

miss vs. unmarried

miss vs. oversight

miss vs. thorough

longing vs. miss

miss vs. skip

miss vs. mister

miss vs. missy

miss vs. missis

hand vs. miss

loo vs. miss

miss vs. mistress

miss vs. respect

avoidance vs. miss

accomplish vs. miss

miss vs. obtain

failure vs. miss

have vs. miss

feature vs. miss

collide vs. miss

impinge vs. miss

miss vs. strike

miss vs. score

miss vs. transportation

late vs. miss

attend vs. miss

miss vs. perception

miss vs. shortcoming

miss vs. understand

miss vs. regret

absence vs. miss

fail vs. miss

miss vs. overlook

hazard vs. miss

miss vs. think

maestro vs. miss

clear vs. miss

hit vs. miss

miss vs. sister

fish vs. miss

girl vs. miss

lost vs. miss

miss vs. mrs

gang vs. miss