mess

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Mass; church service.

2. 2noun

   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. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.

5. 5noun

   The milk given by a cow at one milking.

6. 6noun

   A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.

8. 8transitive verb

   To supply with a mess.

9. 9noun

   a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

10. 10noun

    a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

11. 11noun

    soft semiliquid food

    "a mess of porridge"

12. 12noun

    (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

    "a batch of letters"

    "a deal of trouble"

    Synonyms

    batchdealflockhatfulheaplotmassmicklemintmountainmucklepassel

    +10 more

13. 13noun

    informal terms for a difficult situation

    "he got into a terrible fix"

    "he made a muddle of his marriage"

    Synonyms

    fixholejammuddlepickle
14. 14noun

    a state of confusion and disorderliness

    "the house was a mess"

    "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

    Synonyms

    messinessmussmussiness
15. 15verb

    make a mess of or create disorder in

    "He messed up his room"

16. 16verb

    eat in a mess hall