to mess

Definition of to mess in English English dictionary: The milk given by a cow at one milking; 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
The wardroom mess.; A set of four; — from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner; To eat (with others)
I mess with the wardroom officers.; A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; a disorder
He made a mess of it.; To supply with a mess; Mass; church service; excrement
Parked under a tree, my car was soon covered in birds' mess.; A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it; 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; A mess is something liquid or sticky that has been accidentally dropped on something. I'll clear up the mess later; {f} interfere with, meddle; make dirty or untidy; bungle; make an error; eat in company; beat someone up (Slang); waste time (Slang); be involved in an immoral or unethical situation (Slang); If you say that something is a mess or in a mess, you think that it is in an untidy state. The house is a mess Linda can't stand mess; {n} a feeding together, portion, dish, a number who eat together; {v} to join in mess, to eat or feed together; {i} disorder, disarray, dirtiness; predicament, quandary; place where meals are served to a large group (military, etc.); dish or quantity of soft or liquid food; 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; If you say that a situation is a mess, you mean that it is full of trouble or problems. You can also say that something is in a mess. I've made such a mess of my life. the many reasons why the economy is in such a mess; A set of four; from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner; a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax; soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"; A large quantity or number; To take meals with a mess; a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax a meal eaten by service personnel soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"; The mess at a military base or military barracks is the building in which members of the armed forces can eat or relax. a party at the officers' mess; This is another term for preparation of food; To belong to a mess; a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"; a meal eaten by service personnel; a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax a meal eaten by service personnel soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge" a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room" eat in a mess hall; Dining room facilities and kitchen for crew separate from the passenger dining room and kitchen (see also Officer's Mess); To make a mess of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb; 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 a beast at one time; make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"; = 4 Nares says because “at great dinners the company was usually arranged into fours ” That four made a mess is without doubt Lyly expressly says, “Foure makes a messe, and we have a messe of masters” (Mother Bombie, ii 1) Shakespeare calls the four sons of Henry his “mess of sons” (2 Henry VI , act i 4); and “Latine,” English, French, and Spanish are called a “messe of tongues” (Vocabulary, 1617) Again, Shakespeare says (Love's Labour's Lost, iv 3), “You three fools lacked me to make up the mess ” Though four made a mess, yet it does not follow that the “officer's mess” is so called, as Nares says, because “the company was arranged into fours,” for the Anglo-Saxon mesc, like the Latin mensa = table, mes Gothic = dish, whence Benjamin's mess, a mess of pottage, etc Mess, meaning confusion or litter, is the German mischen, to mix; our word mash; To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers; A set of four; - from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner; eat in a mess hall; (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"; informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"; Multi-Emulator-Super-System; bollix