noun Download 🔗Share A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; disorder. Examples : "He made a mess of it." situation condition essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A large quantity or number. Examples : "My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today." amount number essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Excrement. Examples : "The dog left a mess on the rug. " body animal biology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck. Examples : "After the argument with her mother, Sarah was a complete mess. " emotion person condition suffering mind human essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty. Examples : "The children messed up the living room with their toys. " action condition essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (transitive, often used with "up") To throw into disorder or to ruin. Examples : "The noisy children messed up the living room with toys and spilled juice. " action condition essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To interfere. Examples : "My little brother kept messing with the remote control, interrupting the TV show. " action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (used with "with") To screw around with, to bother, to be annoying to. Examples : "Stop messing with me!" attitude action character essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Mass; a church service. Examples : "The family attended the Sunday mess at the local church. " religion mass essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "A mess of pottage." food animal essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table. Examples : "the wardroom mess" food military group essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A building or room in which mess is eaten. Examples : "The school's cafeteria is the main mess hall. " building food essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner). Examples : "The company's dinner mess was already seated, ready for their meal. " group number organization military essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The milk given by a cow at one milking. Examples : "The farmer collected the morning mess of milk from his cows. " animal food agriculture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To take meals with a mess. Examples : "The children were mess hall, eating their lunches noisily. " food military essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To belong to a mess. Examples : "My younger brother messes with the school's debate team. " group organization military essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To eat (with others). Examples : "I mess with the wardroom officers." food group essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To supply with a mess. Examples : "The school cafeteria messaged students to inform them about the new lunch menu. " food utensil essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading