To avoid; to escape.
To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
To fail to attend.
To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
To fail to score (a goal).
To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
To fail to help the hand of a player.
To fail to achieve or attain.
To fail to understand;
To fail to hit.
A failure to obtain or accomplish.
The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
A failure to hit.
A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
An unmarried woman; a girl.
An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give)
A kept woman; a mistress.
To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
Free from the danger of theft; safe.
Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.
Free from attack or danger; protected.
Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
Firm and not likely to fail; stable.