mess

[Mess]

A mess is a generally dirty state, like your bedroom, your hair, or anything else that's untidy. If you make a huge mess when you cook, you probably try to get someone else to do the clean up.

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Mass; church service.

Noun
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

Noun
a meal eaten by service personnel

Noun
soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"

Noun
(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"

Noun
informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

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Noun
a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

Verb
make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"

Verb
eat in a mess hall


n.
Mass; church service.

n.
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.

n.
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.

n.
A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.

n.
The milk given by a cow at one milking.

n.
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.
To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.

v. t.
To supply with a mess.


Mess

Mess , n. Mass; church service. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mess

Mess , n. [OE. mes, OF. mets, LL. missum, p. p. of mittere to put, place (e. g., on the table), L. mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Mass religious 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.
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. Shak. 3. A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner. [Obs.] Latimer. 4. The milk given by a cow at one milking. [U.S.] 5. [Perh. corrupt. fr. OE. mesh for mash: cf. muss.] A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it. [Colloq.]

Mess

Mess , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Messed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Messing.] To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers. Marryat.

Mess

Mess, v. t. To supply with a mess.

Mass; church service.

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.

To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.

To supply with a mess.

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Usage Examples

I never wanted to go on stage alone because if you mess up, who can you blame?

It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music I didn't want to mess up before.

I think Nina Simone has had an amazing journey. She was spicy and she had attitude and she didn't care, she wanted her money in a paper bag and don't mess with me and I've been doing some research on that so.

My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em.

And I tell you, having girls has made me a much better man. I have friends who are fathers, but they only have boys, and they have the same attitude toward women they always had, you know? And I don't play that... My girls, you mess with them? I will bury you underground.

People are always saying that Hollywood messes up kids. I'm like, 'No, families mess up kids!' I grew up in Hollywood, and I'm perfectly fine. If my children want to go into the entertainment business, I won't stop them, as long as they're passionate about it.

I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather.

I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience.

The less you do to beautiful food, the better it's going to taste. You don't need to mess with it all the time.

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Other Usage Examples

I like the freedom of podcasting. With podcasting you can really mess around with the form and the format. You can do as much time as you like without having to pause for commercials.

It's funny how I use social media because I don't use it to promote my restaurants that much. I use it for social issues and I think that's what it's for. I do a few things - I mess around with music a lot because that's a passion of mine. If something strikes me and I want to share it, I do.

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.

That's what I do and I enjoy even the hateful moments of a relationship where two people or four people come together to make a bigger mess than originally intended.

If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.

I have never made fun of religion. Religion is something I don't even want to mess with, because I am really afraid of the clouds opening up and my being struck by lightning.

I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music.

I'm thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don't mess it up.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

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