mess
noun
1. a state of confusion and disorderliness
- the house was a mess
Similar word(s): messiness, muss, mussiness
Definition categories: state, disorder, disorderliness
2. informal terms for a difficult situation
Similar word(s): fix, hole, jam, muddle, pickle
Definition categories: state, difficulty
3. soft semiliquid food
- a mess of porridge
Definition categories: food, aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals
4. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
Definition categories: food, meal, repast
5. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
Definition categories: man–made
6. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Similar word(s): batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, wad
Definition categories: quantity
Sentences with mess as a noun:
- A mess of pottage.
- the wardroom mess
- He made a mess of it.
- My bedroom is such a mess, I need to tidy up.
- My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today.
- She brought back a mess of fish to fix for supper.
- There was dog mess all along the street.
- Parked under a tree, my car was soon covered in birds' mess.
verb
1. eat in a mess hall
Definition categories: consumption, eat
2. make a mess of or create disorder in
- He messed up his room
Definition categories: change, disarray, disorder
Sentences with mess as a verb:
- I mess with the wardroom officers.
- This doesn't concern you. Don't mess.