Fail+to+hit
31miss — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) fail to hit, reach, find, catch, etc. (an object or goal). 2 tr. fail to catch (a bus, train, etc.). 3 tr. fail to experience, see, or attend (an occurrence or event). 4 tr. fail to meet (a person); fail to keep… …
32miss — I [[t]mɪs[/t]] v. t. 1) to fail to hit or strike 2) to fail to encounter, meet, catch, etc.: to miss a train[/ex] 3) to fail to take advantage of: to miss a chance[/ex] 4) to fail to be present at or for: to miss a day of school[/ex] 5) to notice …
33miss — I 1. verb 1) the shot missed her by inches Syn: fail to hit, be/go wide of, fall short of Ant: hit 2) Mandy missed the ball Syn: fail to catch, drop, fumble, bobble …
34miss — miss1 [mis] vt. [ME missen < OE missan, akin to Ger missen < IE base * meit(h) , to change, exchange > L mutare, to change] 1. to fail to hit or land on (something aimed at) 2. to fail to meet, reach, attain, catch, accomplish, see, hear …
35miss — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English missan; akin to Old High German missan to miss Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to fail to hit, reach, or contact < miss the target > 2. to discover or feel the absence of 3. to fail …
36miss — I [[t]mɪ̱s[/t]] USED AS A TITLE OR A FORM OF ADDRESS ♦ Miss Misses (Please look at category 5 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) N TITLE You use Miss in front of the name of a girl or unmarried woman …
37miss — I. v. a. 1. Fail to hit, fail to reach, fail of hitting, fail of reaching. 2. Lose, fail of finding. 3. Forego, pass by, leave out, go without, omit, dispense with. 4. Feel the want of, feel the loss of, require, want, desiderate. II. v. n. 1.… …
38miss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. fail; omit, skip, overlook; avoid; escape; lose. See failure, neglect, desire, loss. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A failure] Syn. slip, blunder, mishap; see error 1 , mistake 2 . 2. [A young woman] Syn.… …
39miss — miss1 [ mıs ] verb *** ▸ 1 not reach ▸ 2 not be present at ▸ 3 be too late for ▸ 4 not hear/understand ▸ 5 opportunity/chance ▸ 6 avoid something bad ▸ 7 feel sad about ▸ 8 no longer have something ▸ 9 car engine ▸ 10 not have period ▸ + PHRASES… …
40strike — 1 /straIk/ verb past tense and past participle struck /str k/ THINK/NOTICE 1 (transitive not in progressive) if a thought or idea strikes you, you suddenly realize that it is important, interesting, surprising, bad etc: The funny side of the… …
