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; | |
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; | |
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; | |
v. i. | 1. | To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); |
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. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | mess - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" | |
3. | mess - soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge" | |
4. | mess - a meal eaten by service personnel | |
5. | ![]() Synonyms: mess hall | |
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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 |