'Missing' definitions:

Definition of 'missing'

adjective

Not able to be found; "missing in action"; "a missing person"

adjective

Nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]

From: GCIDE

Miss \Miss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Missed (m[i^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Missing.] [AS. missan; akin to D. & G. missen, OHG. missan, Icel. missa, Sw. mista, Dan. miste. [root]100. See Mis-, pref.]
1. To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said. [1913 Webster]
When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons. [1913 Webster]
She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a sight so gay. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want; as, to miss an absent loved one. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him. --1 Sam. xxv.
15, 21. [1913 Webster]
What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
To miss stays. (Naut.) See under Stay. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Missing \Miss"ing\, a. [From Miss, v. i.] Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; lacking; wanting; not present when called or looked for. [1913 Webster]
Neither was there aught missing unto them. --1 Sam. xxv. 7. [1913 Webster]
For a time caught up to God, as once Moses was in the mount, and missing long. --Milton. [1913 Webster]