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mess

/ mess /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
Type of:
dining room dining-room
Kinds of:
officer's mess
Domain:
military armed forces armed services
noun Sense 2
a meal eaten by service personnel
Type of:
meal repast
noun Sense 3
soft semiliquid food
"a mess of porridge"
Type of:
nutriment nourishment nutrition
noun Sense 4
a state of confusion and disorderliness
"the house was a mess"
"she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
Type of:
disorderliness disorder
Derived:
muss tussle mess up
verb Sense 5
make a mess of or create disorder in
"He messed up his room"
Type of:
disorder disarray
Derived:
messiness muss mussiness
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 6
eat in a mess hall
Type of:
eat
Derived:
mess hall
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
military armed forces armed services
noun Sense 7
informal terms for a difficult situation
"he got into a terrible fix"
"he made a muddle of his marriage"
Type of:
difficulty
Kinds of:
dog's breakfast dog's dinner
noun Sense 8
(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"
Type of:
large indefinite quantity large indefinite amount
Kinds of:
flood inundation deluge torrent
Derived:
jam jampack ram chock up cram
Semantic Complexity
74%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
34
Times Searched
3
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dining room dining-room officer's mess meal repast nutriment nourishment nutrition disorderliness disorder disarray eat