Mess - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- soft semiliquid food
- a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (syn: batch, deal, flock, heap, lot, mass, mint, mountain, peck, pile, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, wad)
verb
Extra examples
He was a mess after gardening all day.
My hair is a mess.
Well, that's another fine mess you've gotten me into!
How do we get ourselves into these messes?
The school system is a mess.
Things were a real mess for a while after she retired.
My life is a complete mess.
She was a real mess for a while after her divorce.
He was a mess during his daughter's wedding ceremony.
...please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate...
Your room is in a mess.
The workmen cleaned up the mess before they left.
They will go to mess and live together like soldiers in a camp.
Try not to mess up your new dress before the party.
She really messed up my life.
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
I/you/we/they: mess
he/she/it: messes
present participle: messing
past tense: messed
past participle: messed
singular: mess
plural: messes
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