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Meaning of 'mess' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mess [ n.]
- Mass; church service.
- 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.
- 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; as, the wardroom mess.
- A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.
- The milk given by a cow at one milking.
- A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it.
2 . Mess [ v. i.]
- To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.
3 . Mess [ v. t.]
- To supply with a mess.

Meaning of 'mess' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mess [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Example in sentence:
  • a batch of letters;
  • a deal of trouble;
  • a lot of money;
  • a slew of journalists;
  • a wad of money;
  • he made a mint on the stock market;
  • it must have cost plenty;
  • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
Meaning (2):
- soft semiliquid food
Example in sentence:
  • a mess of porridge
Meaning (3):
- informal terms for a difficult situation
Example in sentence:
  • he got into a terrible fix;
  • he made a muddle of his marriage
Meaning (4):
- a state of confusion and disorderliness
Example in sentence:
  • she smoothed the mussiness of the bed;
  • the house was a mess
5 . mess [ v]
Meaning (5):
- make a mess of or create disorder in
Example in sentence:
  • He messed up his room

Nearby Words:

mes- mesa mesaconate mesaconic mesad mesal mesalliance mesally mesam/boid mesaraic

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