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 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Excrement. Examples : "The dog sometimes leaves messes on the carpet when we forget to take him outside. " body animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck. Examples : "After failing her final exam, Sarah felt like one of the biggest messes she had ever been. " emotion condition person suffering mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty. Examples : "My little brother messes up the kitchen every time he tries to bake cookies. " action condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (transitive, often used with "up") To throw into disorder or to ruin. Examples : "He messes up his room every day, leaving clothes and toys all over the floor. " action condition situation event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To interfere. Examples : "He always messes with my computer settings when I leave my desk. " action 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 character action human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Mass; a church service. Examples : "Here are a few options, each aiming for clarity and context: * Many people attend messes on Sundays. * She goes to messes every day for prayer. * The bells rang, signaling the start of the messes. " religion ritual theology 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 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" group food military person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A building or room in which mess is eaten. Examples : ""The soldiers ate their dinner together in the messes." " architecture building food 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 small boarding school divided the students into messes of four for their evening meals." " number group food tradition military history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The milk given by a cow at one milking. Examples : "The farmer recorded the amount of milk produced in two messes each day, one in the morning and one in the evening. " food animal agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To take meals with a mess. Examples : "The children messed at the school cafeteria, sharing plates of food. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To belong to a mess. Examples : "Because the cafeteria is crowded, new recruits usually mess with the other soldiers in their company. " group organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To eat (with others). Examples : "I mess with the wardroom officers." food group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To supply with a mess. Examples : "The cafeteria messes the students with a simple lunch every day. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading