"misses" in the noun sense
1. girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
a young female
"a young lady of 18"
2. miss, misfire
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
3. Miss
a form of address for an unmarried woman
"misses" in the verb sense
1. miss, lose
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
"I missed that remark"
"She missed his point"
"We lost part of what he said"
2. miss
feel or suffer from the lack of
"He misses his mother"
3. miss
fail to attend an event or activity
"I missed the concert"
"He missed school for a week"
4. neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
leave undone or leave out
"How could I miss that typo?"
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
5. miss
fail to reach or get to
"She missed her train"
6. miss, lack
be without
"This soup lacks salt"
"There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
7. miss
fail to reach
"The arrow missed the target"
8. miss
be absent
"The child had been missing for a week"
9. miss, escape
fail to experience
"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
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