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Meaning Of Miss
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.