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mess

17 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) mess (noun)
  2. 2) mess (verb)
  3. mess about (verb)
  4. mess and mell
  5. mess around (verb)
  6. mess beef (noun)
  7. mess call (noun)
  8. mess hall (noun)
  9. mess house (noun)
  10. mess jacket (noun)
  11. mess kit (noun)
  12. mess of pottage
  13. mess or mell (verb)
  14. mess over (verb)
  15. mess pork (noun)
  16. mess traps (noun plural)
  17. mess-up (noun)

1mess

noun \ˈmes\

Definition of MESS

1
: a quantity of food: a archaic : food set on a table at one time b : a prepared dish of soft food; also : a mixture of ingredients cooked or eaten together c : enough food of a specified kind for a dish or a meal <picked a mess of peas for dinner>
2
a : a group of persons who regularly take their meals together; also : a meal so taken b : a place where meals are regularly served to a group : mess hall
3
a : a disordered, untidy, offensive, or unpleasant state or condition <your room is in a mess> b : one that is disordered, untidy, offensive, or unpleasant usually because of blundering, laxity, or misconduct <[the movie] is a mess, as sloppy in concept as it is in execution — Judith Crist>
4
: a large quantity or number
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Examples of MESS

  1. He was a mess after gardening all day.
  2. My hair is a mess.
  3. Well, that's another fine mess you've gotten me into!
  4. How do we get ourselves into these messes?
  5. The school system is a mess.
  6. Things were a real mess for a while after she retired.
  7. My life is a complete mess.
  8. She was a real mess for a while after her divorce.
  9. He was a mess during his daughter's wedding ceremony.

Origin of MESS

Middle English mes, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin missus course at a meal, from missus, past participle of mittere to put, from Latin, to send — more at smite
First Known Use: 14th century

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Rhymes with MESS

bless, cess, chess, cress, dress, ess, fess, guess, jess, less, loess, ness, press, s, stress, tress, yes

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