: to fail to hit, reach, or contact
: to discover or feel the absence of
: to fail to obtain
: disadvantage or regret resulting from loss
: a failure to hit
: a failure to attain a desired result
used as a title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman or girl
used before the name of a place or of a line of activity or before some epithet to form a title for a usually young unmarried female who is representative of the thing indicated
: young lady
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