Dictionary definition · Miss
noun
- a form of address for an unmarried woman
- a young female"a young lady of 18"
- a failure to hit (or meet or find etc.)
verb
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind"I missed that remark"
- feel or suffer from the lack of"He misses his mother"
- fail to attend an event or activity"I missed the concert"
- leave undone or leave out"How could I miss that typo?"
- fail to reach or get to"She missed her train"
- be without"This soup lacks salt"
- fail to reach"The arrow missed the target"
- be absent"The child had been missing for a week"
- fail to experience"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).