mess

B1
Pronunciation
/mɛs/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; disorder.

Example Sentences
  • He made a mess of it.
2 Definition

A large quantity or number.

Example Sentences
  • My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today.
3 Definition

Excrement.

Example Sentences
  • Parked under a tree, my car was soon covered in birds' mess.
4 Definition

A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.

Example Sentences
  • Between the pain and the depression, I'm a mess.
5 Definition

Mass; a church service.

6 Definition

A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to an animal at one time.

Example Sentences
  • A mess of pottage.
7 Definition

A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.

Example Sentences
  • the wardroom mess
8 Definition

A building or room in which mess is eaten.

9 Definition

A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).

10 Definition

The milk given by a cow at one milking.

Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

(transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty.

2 Definition

(transitive, often used with "up") To throw into disorder or to ruin.

3 Definition

To interfere.

Example Sentences
  • This doesn't concern you. Don't mess.
4 Definition

(used with "with") To screw around with, to bother, to be annoying to.

Example Sentences
  • Stop messing with me!
5 Definition

To take meals with a mess.

6 Definition

To belong to a mess.

7 Definition

To eat (with others).

Example Sentences
  • I mess with the wardroom officers.
8 Definition

To supply with a mess.