Mess

n.	1.	Mass; church service.
	1.	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. At their savory dinner set Of herbs and other country messes. - Milton.
	2.	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.
	3.	A set of four; - from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.
	4.	The milk given by a cow at one milking.
	5.	A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it.
v. i.	1.	To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers. [imp. & p. p. Messed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Messing.]
v. t.	1.	To supply with a mess.
	2.	To make a mess{5} of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb; to mess up. It was n't right either to be messing another man's sleep. - Scribner's Mag.

Noun	1.	mess - a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" Synonyms: messiness, muss, mussiness
	2.	mess - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" Synonyms: fix, kettle of fish, muddle, pickle, jam, hole
	3.	mess - soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"
	4.	mess - a meal eaten by service personnel
	5.	mess - a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax Synonyms: mess hall
	6.	mess - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" Synonyms: good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, stack, raft, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, sight
Verb	1.	mess - eat in a mess hall
	2.	mess - make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room" Synonyms: mess up

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