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miss
A	noun
	1	miss, misfire
			a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚failure ╚miss, misfire
	2	girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
			a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚female; female person ╚woman; adult female ╚girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille ╚mill-girl ╚May queen; queen of the May ╚maid; maiden ╚lass; lassie; young girl; jeune fille ╚Gibson girl ╚gal ╚flapper ╚dame; doll; wench; skirt; chick; bird ╚colleen ╚bimbo ╚belle ╚bachelor girl ╚baby; sister
B	verb
	1	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"

	2	miss, escape
			fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
		Category Tree: avoid ╚miss, escape
	3	miss
			fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

	4	miss
			feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"
		Category Tree: desire; want ╚miss ╚regret
	5	miss
			fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train"
		Category Tree: fail; go wrong; miscarry ╚miss
	6	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"

	7	miss
			fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
		Category Tree: fail; neglect ╚miss ╚cut; skip
	8	miss, lack
			be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"

	9	miss
			be absent; "The child had been missing for a week"

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