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Definition of Mess
1. Verb. Eat in a mess hall. "Sam and Sue mess"
Generic synonyms: Eat
2. Noun. A state of confusion and disorderliness. ; "She smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
Generic synonyms: Disorder, Disorderliness
Derivative terms: Messy, Messy, Muss, Mussy, Mussy
3. Verb. Make a mess of or create disorder in. "He messed up his room"
4. Noun. Informal terms for a difficult situation. "He made a muddle of his marriage"
Generic synonyms: Difficulty
Specialized synonyms: Dog's Breakfast, Dog's Dinner
5. Noun. Soft semiliquid food. "A mess of porridge"
6. Noun. A meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel.
7. Noun. A (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax.
Generic synonyms: Dining Room, Dining-room
Specialized synonyms: Officer's Mess
Terms within: Training Table
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
8. Noun. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. "A wad of money"
Generic synonyms: Large Indefinite Amount, Large Indefinite Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Deluge, Flood, Inundation, Torrent, Haymow
Derivative terms: Heap, Heap, Pile, Plenteous, Wad
Definition of Mess
1. n. Mass; church service.
2. n. A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also, the food given to a beast at one time.
3. v. i. To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.
4. v. t. To supply with a mess.
5. v. t. To make a mess of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb.
Definition of Mess
1. Noun. (obsolete) Mass; church service. ¹
2. Noun. A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to a beast at one time. ¹
3. Noun. A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table. ¹
4. Noun. A set of four; — from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner. ¹
5. Noun. (American English) The milk given by a cow at one milking. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To take meals with a mess. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To belong to a mess. ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive) To eat (with others). ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To supply with a mess. ¹
10. Noun. A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; a disorder. ¹
11. Noun. (colloquial) A large quantity or number. ¹
12. Noun. (euphemistic) excrement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mess
1. to make dirty or untidy [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mess
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