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miss(5) (iou)



miss verb1.
[Old English missan = Old Frisian missa, Middle & mod. Low German, Middle & mod. Dutch missen, Old & mod. High German missen, Old Norse missa, from Germanic: see MIS-1.]
I. verb trans. & (arch.) intrans. foll. by of. Fail to hit, meet, etc.
Fail to hit or strike (esp. a target). OE.
D. Francis Thanked the fates that the destructive lump of metal had missed my heart. F. Chichester The compass showed that I was fifty-five degrees off course, headed to miss even Tasmania. C. Simmons Mr. Margin put the phone down hard, missing the cradle. fig.: J. R. Green Cromwell..in his later years felt bitterly that Puritanism had missed its aim.
Fail to obtain, receive, or attain to. ME.
Ld Macaulay A project which..had very narrowly missed of Success. J. Conrad He missed a larger fame only by the chances of the service.
b. Fail to capture or catch. L16.
J. G. Whittier They had missed of the old chief, but had captured his son. Daily Chronicle Jackson was missed off a 'balloon' in the long field.
a. Fail to achieve or accomplish. ME.
Defoe If he miss'd of his Business outward bound, he was to go up to China.
b. Fail to do; (now Scot. & dial.) have no Success in doing. LME.
Keats I was in pain, Lest I should miss to bid thee a good morrow. A. C. Swinburne With what excellent care..this has been done, no one can miss of seeing.
a. Lose or fail to hit on (the right path). Chiefly in miss one's way. LME.
b. Fail to obtain footing on (a step, plank, etc.). M16.
J. Jackson Till wee misse the bridge and fall into the ditch.
Fail to observe, hear, or perceive intellectually. L15.
K. Waterhouse She was missing the whole..point. J. Wilcox Mr. Pickens missed the turn off Flat Avenue. V. Gornick Although my mother never seemed to be listening..she missed nothing.
Escape, avoid. Now dial. exc. with specification of a margin, as just, narrowly, etc. E16.
J. Buchan A stranger who had just missed death by an ace. E. Waugh He narrowly missed being run down by a large..car.
Fail to make possible or intended contact with (a person). M16.
V. Brittain In the crowd..we had somehow missed each Other.
a. Fail to take advantage of (an opportunity etc.). E17.
T. M. Lindsay Better to be imposed upon..than to miss the chance of Entertaining a brother Christian. C. Thubron Beneath the city's surface, I felt, a vivid life was going on and I was missing it. Z. Tomin I slept heavily, missing the early dusk. B. Conacher I wouldn't have missed playing in the best league in the world.
b. Not be able or fortunate enough to witness, experience, etc.; be too late to catch (a train etc.) or to watch (an event, broadcast programme, etc.). E17.
M. Sarton You'd better go and pack now, or you'll miss that plane. J. Howker Because of them sitting there nattering..we missed the six o'clock news.
II. verb intrans. Fail.
Go wrong, make a mistake. Orig. impers. OE-M18.
R. Ascham If a childe misse..in forgetting a worde, or in chaunging a good with a worse.
Fail to hit the target; fail to take a catch. ME.
A. Lovell In cutting off Heads, they..never miss.
Come to an end, give out. ME-E16.
Be lacking. Foll. by indirect obj., to. LME-E19.
Fail to happen, come, etc. obsolete exc. Scot. LME.
Of a person, a plan, etc.: be unsuccessful. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
Dryden The bank above must fail before the venture miss.
a. Of a crop etc.: be unproductive, fail. dial. E17.
b. Of a woman: fail to menstruate at the normal time, miss a period. M20.
c. Of an animal: fail to conceive after mating. M20.
Of a motor vehicle or engine: undergo failure of ignition in one or more cylinders. E20.
III. verb trans. Be without.
Be without, lack; cease to have, lose. Also, do without. Now only (colloq.) in be missing, have lost, be without. ME.
O. Feltham He hath good Materials for a foundation: but misseth wherewith to rear the walls. G. Naylor Dr. Buzzard's truck is missing both fenders.
b. In pass. Be missing or absent. LME-L16.
Notice the absence or loss of. ME.
S. Raven By the time Nancy had missed him..it would be too late.
Perceive with regret the absence or loss of; feel the lack of. ME.
R. P. Jhabvala He is lonely and misses his family very much.
IV. verb trans. Omit.
Omit, leave out (esp. part of what one is reading, Writing, etc.). Also foll. by out. ME.
G. Vidal Burden's heart missed a beat. M. S. Power He creeps up the stairs, missing the fifth and ninth which creak. K. Gibbons The only one that can read is Starletta and she misses words.
Omit the performance of (a customary or expected action); fail to keep (an appointment); fail to attend (church, school, etc., a given spectacle, ceremony, etc.). M16.
Henry Fielding She..rarely missed a ball, or any Other public assembly. A. Lively Tommy has grown impatient with me for missing rehearsals.
Phrases etc.: hit-and-miss: see HIT verb. miss a trick colloq. fail to take advantage of an opportunity or notice something important (usu. in neg. contexts). missed abortion the retention of a foetus in the womb for a period after it has died. missed approach Aeronautics an approach that is discontinued for any reason. miss fire (of a firearm) fail to go off, misfire; fig. be unsuccessful. miss one's guess: see GUESS noun. miss one's tip: see TIP noun4. miss plant: see PLANT noun 7. miss stays Nautical fail in an attempt to go about from one tack to another. miss the boat, miss the bus colloq. lose an opportunity.
With adverbs in specialized senses: miss out colloq. miss or be deprived of an experience (foll. by on); (see also sense 20 above).
missable adjective (a) Golf (of a stroke, esp. a putt) capable of missing the hole (opp.
holeable); (b) able to be missed (more usual in
unmissable): E20.