Sekirov Dictionary

mess

/mɛs/

noun14

  1. a place or group of things that is untidy or dirty
  2. a situation in which things have gone badly wrong, often because of someone's mistakes
  3. (figurative) A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.
  4. (euphemistic) Excrement.
  5. A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.
  6. A building or room in which mess is eaten.
  7. (informal) A large quantity or number.
  8. A dessert of fruit and cream, similar to a fool.
  9. (India) a type of restaurant characterized by homely-style cooking and food.
  10. A group of iguanas.
  11. A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
  12. (US) The milk given by a cow at one milking.
  13. (no longer used) 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.
  14. (no longer used) Mass; a church service.

verb9

  1. To make untidy or dirty.
  2. To make soiled by defecating.
  3. To make soiled by ejaculating.
  4. To throw into disorder or to ruin.
  5. To interfere.
  6. To take meals with a mess.
  7. To eat (with others).
  8. To belong to a mess.
  9. To supply with a mess.
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