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mess



I - noun
1. a state of confusion and disorderliness (Freq. 12)
- the house was a mess
- she smoothed the mussiness of the bed
Syn:
messiness, muss, mussiness
Derivationally related forms:
mussy (for: mussiness), mussy (for: muss), muss (for: muss), messy (for: messiness), messy
Hypernyms:
disorderliness, disorder
2. informal terms for a difficult situation (Freq. 1)
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
Syn:
fix, hole, jam, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish
Hypernyms:
difficulty
Hyponyms:
dog's breakfast, dog's dinner
3. soft semiliquid food (Freq. 1)
- a mess of porridge
Hypernyms:
nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment,
alimentation, victuals
4. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel (Freq. 1)
Hypernyms:
meal, repast
5. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax (Freq. 1)
Syn:
mess hall
Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
Hypernyms:
dining room, dining-room
Hyponyms:
officer's mess
Part Meronyms:
training table
6. (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
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
Syn:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal,
hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint,
mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty,
pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad
Derivationally related forms:
wad (for: wad), plenteous (for: plenty), pile (for: pile), heap (for: heap)
Hypernyms:
large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
Hyponyms:
flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, haymow

II - verb
1. eat in a mess hall
Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
Hypernyms:
eat
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Sam and Sue mess
2. make a mess of or create disorder in
- He messed up his room
Syn:
mess up
Hypernyms:
disorder, disarray
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

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