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1.nounA disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; disorder."He made a mess of it."
2.nounA large quantity or number."My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today."
3.nounExcrement."Parked under a tree, my car was soon covered in birds' mess."
4.nounA person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck."Between the pain and the depression, I'm a mess."
5.verb(transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty.
6.verb(transitive, often used with "up") To throw into disorder or to ruin.
7.verbTo interfere."This doesn't concern you. Don't mess."
8.verb(used with "with") To screw around with, to bother, to be annoying to."Stop messing with me!"
9.nounMass; a church service.
10.nounA 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."A mess of pottage."
11.nounA number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table."the wardroom mess"
12.nounA building or room in which mess is eaten.
13.nounA set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
14.nounThe milk given by a cow at one milking.
15.verbTo take meals with a mess.
16.verbTo belong to a mess.
17.verbTo eat (with others)."I mess with the wardroom officers."
18.verbTo supply with a mess.