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mess  (ms)

n.

1. A disorderly or dirty accumulation, heap, or jumble: left a mess in the yard.

2.

a. A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty condition: The kitchen was a mess.

b. A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition; a muddle: With divorce and bankruptcy proceedings pending, his personal life was in a mess.

c. One that is in such a condition: clothes that were a mess after painting the ceiling; made a mess of their marriage.

3.

a. An amount of food, as for a meal, course, or dish: cooked up a mess of fish.

b. A serving of soft, semiliquid food: a mess of porridge.

4.

a. A group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, who regularly eat meals together.

b. Food or a meal served to such a group: took mess with the enlistees.

c. A mess hall.

v. messed, mess·ing, mess·es

v.tr.

1. To make disorderly or soiled; clutter or foul: a puppy that still messes the floor.

2. To botch; bungle.

v.intr.

1. To cause or make a mess.

2. To use or handle something carelessly; fiddle: messed with the blender until he broke it.

3. To intrude; interfere: messing in the neighbors' affairs.

4. To take a meal in a military mess.

Phrasal Verbs:

mess around Informal

1. To pass time in aimless puttering.

2. To associate casually or playfully: liked to mess around with pals on days off.

3. Informal To be sexually unfaithful.

mess up

1. Informal To make a mistake, especially from nervousness or confusion: messed up and dropped the ball.

2. Slang To beat up; manhandle: got messed up in a brawl.

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[Middle English mes, course of a meal, food, group of people eating together, from Old French, from Late Latin missus, from Latin, past participle of mittere, to place.]

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mess

Noun

1. a state of untidiness or confusion, esp. a dirty or unpleasant one: the house was in a mess

2. a confused and difficult situation; muddle: the firm is in a terrible financial mess

3. Informal a dirty or untidy person or thing: there was a nasty burnt mess in the saucepan

4. a building providing catering, and sometimes recreation, facilities for service personnel

5. a group of service personnel who regularly eat together

6. Old-fashioned a portion of soft or runny food: a mess of pottage

Verb

(of service personnel) to eat in a group

See also mess about, mess up, mess with [Old French mes dish of food]

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Mess a confused mixture; a group of four; a group of people who regularly eat together; the quantity of milk at one milking; a quantity of food; a haul of fish. Also, officers’ mess, sergeants’ mess, etc.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mess - a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" messiness, muss, mussiness disorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder"
	2.	mess - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" fix, kettle of fish, muddle, pickle, jam, hole difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" dog's breakfast, dog's dinner - a poor job; a mess; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job"
	3.	mess - soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge" aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, victuals, nutrition - a source of materials to nourish the body
	4.	mess - a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time
	5.	mess - a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax mess hall dining room, dining-room - a room used for dining officer's mess - a mess for the exclusive use of officers training table - planned meals for athletes in training (usually served in a mess hall) armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	6.	mess - (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" good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, sight large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
Verb	1.	mess - eat in a mess hall armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
	2.	mess - make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room" mess up disarray, disorder - bring disorder to

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mess

noun 1. untidiness, disorder, confusion, chaos, turmoil, litter, clutter, disarray, jumble, disorganization, grot (slang) dirtiness

noun 2. shambles, botch, hash, cock-up Brit. (slang) state, bodge (informal) pig's breakfast (informal)

noun 3. difficulty, dilemma, plight, spot (informal) hole (informal) fix (informal) jam (informal) hot water (informal) stew (informal) mix-up, muddle, pickle (informal) uphill S. African predicament, deep water, perplexity, tight spot, imbroglio, fine kettle of fish (informal)

mess about or around

1. potter about, dabble, amuse yourself, footle (informal) fool about or around, muck about or around (informal) play about or around

2. meddle, play, interfere, toy, fiddle (informal) tamper, tinker, trifle, fool about or around

mess something up

1. botch, bungle, make a hash of (informal) make a nonsense of, make a pig's ear of (informal) cock something up Brit. (slang) muck something up Brit. (slang) muddle something up

2. dirty, foul, litter, pollute, clutter, besmirch, disarrange, befoul, dishevel

mess with something or someone interfere with, play with, fiddle with (informal) tamper with, tinker with, meddle with

Translations

mess [mɛs] n → confusión f [of objects] → revoltijo (= tangle); lío;

(MIL) → comedor m;

to be (in) a mess [room] → estar revuelto;

to be/get o.s. in a mess → estar/meterse en un lío

mess about, mess around vi (col) → perder el tiempo (= pass the time); pasar el rato

mess about or around with vt fus (col) (= play with); divertirse con: (= handle); manosear

mess up vt (= disarrange) → desordenar (= spoil); estropear (= dirty); ensuciar

mess [mɛs] n → désordre m, fouillis m, pagaille f (= muddle) (of life) → gâchis m: (of economy) → pagaille f (= dirt); saleté f;

(Mil) → mess m, cantine f;

to be (in) a mess → être en désordre;

to be/get o.s. in a mess (fig) → être/se mettre dans le pétrin

mess about or around (inf) vi → perdre son temps

mess about or around with vt fus (inf) → chambarder, tripoter

mess up vt (= dirty) → salir (= spoil); gâcher

mess with (inf) vt fus (= challenge, confront) → se frotter à (= interfere with); toucher à

mess [mɛs] n → Durcheinander nt;

(dirt) → Dreck m;

(Mil) → Kasino nt;

to be in a mess (untidy) → unordentlich sein;

(in difficulty) → in Schwierigkeiten stecken;

to be a mess (fig) (life) → verkorkst sein;

to get o.s. in a mess → in Schwierigkeiten geraten

mess about mess (inf) vi (fool around) → herumalbern

mess about with mess (inf) vt fus (play around with) → herumfummeln an +dat

mess around mess (inf) vi = mess about

mess around with mess (inf) vt fus = mess about with

mess up mess vt → durcheinanderbringen;

(dirty) → verdrecken

mess [mɛs] n → confusione f; disordine m;

(fig) → pasticcio;

(MIL) → mensa;

to be (in) a mess [house, room] → essere in disordine (or molto sporco);

(fig) [marriage, life] → essere un caos;

to be/get o.s. in a mess (fig) → essere/cacciarsi in un pasticcio

mess about, mess around vi (col) → trastullarsi

mess about or around with vt fus (col) → gingillarsi con [+ plans]; fare un pasticcio di

mess up vt → sporcare; fare un pasticcio di; rovinare

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mess

n mess [mes]

a state of disorder or confusion; an untidy, dirty or unpleasant sight or muddle This room is in a terrible mess!; She looked a mess; The spilt food made a mess on the carpet.gemorsفَوْضىбъркотияnepořádek; zmatek; špínarod; griseridas Durcheinanderακαταστασία, ανακατωσούρα, μπλέξιμοdesastre, enredo, líosegadusاشفتهsekasotkudésordre, gâchisלִכלוּך, בָּלָגָןभोजनालयzbrkarendetlenség; piszokkekalutandrasl; óreiðaconfusione, disordine混乱혼잡, 엉망, 더러움netvarka, maišatis, kas netvarkingas/suteptasjuceklis; nekārtība; netīrībakucar kacirrotzooirot, uorden, virvarnieład, bałaganconfusão.dezordine; murdărieбеспорядок;грязьneporiadok; špinaneredneredröra, oreda, smörjaสภาพรกรุงรังkarışıklık; kir, pislik混亂безладдя, безладبے ترتیبیtình trạng hỗn độn混乱

v

(with with) to meddle, or to have something to do with She's always messing with the television set.rondvroetel, rondmorsتَتَدَخَّلзабърквам сеbabrat se (s), vrtat se (v)rode medherumpfuschenανακατεύομαιdesordenar(millessegi) nina toppima, tegemist olemaشلوغ کاری کردنsotkeutua, olla tekemisissätripoterלְהִתעַסֵקpokvaritipiszkál vmitcampur tanganblanda sér í (e-ð); fikta ítrafficareいじくる더럽히다, 엉망으로 만들다kišti nagus prie, prasidėti sunoņemties, ķēpātiescampur tanganknoeienfikle med, forkludregrzebaćmexera avea treabă (cu)возитьсяhrať sadelati zmešnjavonapraviti neredpillra på, kladda med, lägga sig iก้าวก่ายoynamak, kurcalamak擺弄робити розгардіяшچھیڑ چھاڑ کرناlàm rối; làm bẩn摆弄

adj ˈmessy

dirty a messy job.morsigeغَيْر مُرَتَّب، مُتَّسِم بالقَذارَهмръсенšpinavýbeskidtschmutzigβρόμικος, μπελαλίδικοςsucioräpaneکثیفsotkuinensaleמְלוּכלַךफैला हुआneuredanmocskoskotorsóðalegursporco, (che fa sporcare)きたない더러운, 너절한nešvarus, netvarkingasnetīrs; ķēpīgskotorviessnusket, sølet, grisetbrudnysujomurdar, împuţitгрязныйšpinavýumazanprljavsmutsig, kladdigซึ่งไม่เรียบร้อยและสกปรกpis, kirli, karmakarışık骯臟的неохайний; бруднийخراب، گندہbẩn thỉu肮脏的

adv ˈmessily

morsendبِقَذاره، بِفَوْضىмръсноnepořádněbeskidtschmutzigβρόμικα, μπελαλίδικαcon poco esmero, descuidadamenteräpakaltبا بهم ریختگیsuttuisastiavec désordreבְּצוּרָה מְלוּכלֶכֶתगंदे तरीके सेneurednopiszkosanberantakansóðalegadisordinatamente混乱して더럽게, 엉망으로netvarkingainekārtīgi, juceklīgidengan kotorslordigsnusket; rotetniechlujnieconfusamentedezordonat; murdarгрязноneporiadneneurejenoneurednosmutsigt, kladdigtอย่างไม่เป็นระเบียบkarmakarışık şekilde雜亂地неохайноابتری سےbừa bộn杂乱地

n ˈmessiness

morsigheidفَوْضىмрсотияnepořádekrod; snuskdie Schmutzigkeitακαταστασίαdesordensegadusدر هم وبرهمیsekaisuusdésordreעִרבּוּביָהगंदगीzbrkanostpiszkos/mocskos volta vminekkeadaan berantakansóðaskapur; óreiðadisordine混乱더러움, 난잡함netvarkingumasnekārtība, jucekliskekotoranviesheid, slordigheidsnusk; virvar, rotniechlujstwosujeiradezordine; murdărieгрязьneporiadokneredneurednoströra, oreda, smutsighetความไม่เป็นระเบียบpislik混亂неохайністьافرا تفریsự hỗn độn混乱

n ˈmess-up

a muddle or state of confusion There has been a mess-up in the timetable.deurmekaarspulحالة مِن الفَوْضىкашаzmatekuordendas Durcheinanderμπέρδεμαlío, follón, enredosegadusبر فرازsekaannusgâchisבָּלָגָןखराब करना, गंदा करनाzbrkazűr(zavar)kekacauanklúðurpasticcio混乱혼란, 엉망이 된 것painiava, maišalynėjuceklissalah fahamwarboelmisforståelse, rotbałaganconfusãoîncurcăturăнеразбериха, путаницаzmätokzmešnjavazbrkatrassel, röraทำให้ยุ่งเหยิงkarışıklık混亂плутанинаگڑبڑtình trạng hỗn loạn混乱

make a mess of

1 to make dirty, untidy or confused The heavy rain has made a real mess of the garden.gemors gemaakيُسَبِّب الفَوضى والقَذارَهизцапвамzaneřádit, zmazatlave svineri; lave uordenruinierenτα κάνω άνω κάτωensuciar, desordenarsegi ajamaالوده کردنpilata, sotkeasalir, gâcherלְלַכלֵך, לְבַלגֵןचौपट कर देना, सत्यानाश कर देनाunereditibepiszkít, feldúlmengotorkansetja á annan endann; sóða (út)rovinareめちゃくちゃにする엉망으로 만들다subjauroti, padaryti netvarkąsajaukt; piegružotmengotorkanverknoeiengrise til; rote tilnabrudzić, zrobić bałaganestragara face murdărie în(за)пачкать; напугатьzašpiniťnarediti zmešnjavoupropastitismutsa (söla, kladda) nerทำให้สกปรกaltüst etmek把...搞亂зіпсуватиکام بگاڑناlàm bẩn把...搞乱

2 to do badly He made a mess of his essay.verbrouيَعْمَل بِصورةٍ سَيِّئَهсправям се злеzhudlařit, zbabratødelæggeverpfuschenτα κάνω θάλασσαestropearvalmis vusserdamaاشفته کردنtunaroidagâcherלְפַשֵלगड़बड़-सड़बड़ कर देनाpokvaritielront, eltol vmitmengerjakan dengan burukklúðrafare un pasticcio～をしくじる형편없이 하다blogai padaryti, sugadintisabojāt; saputrotmelakukan dengan terukverknoeienødelegge, klusse tilspartaczyćfazer uma porcariaa da rasol (cu)испортитьzbabraťpokvaritizabrljatimisslyckas medทำอย่างลวก ๆberbat etmek把...弄糟напсуватиستیاناس کرناlàm cẩu thả把...弄糟

3 to spoil or ruin (eg one's life) He made a mess of his life by drinking too much.opgemorsيُفْسِد العَمَلпровалямzpackat (si)ødelægge; ruinereverpfuschenκαταστρέφωarruinar, estropearära vussimaضایع کردنpilatagâcher“לְחַרבֵּש”सत्यानाश कर देनाupropastitieltol, elront vmitmerusakklúðrarovinare台なしにする(인생을) 망치다sugadinti, sugriautisabojāt, sagandētmerosakkanverknoeienødelegge, spolerezmarnować, zepsućarruinara strica, a rataзагубитьzbabrať (si)uničitiupropastitifördärva, ställa till det för sigทำให้เสีย (ด้วยความประมาท)berbat etmek, mahvetmek毀掉зіпсуватиبرباد کرناlàm hại毁掉

mess about/around

1 to behave in a foolish or annoying way The children were shouting and messing about.rondspeelيَتَصَرَّف بِصورةٍ حَمْقاء ومُزْعِجَهдържа се глупавоskotačitfjolle rundtherumpfuschenκάνω χαζομάρεςfastidiar, molestarvallatlemaشلوغ کردنriehuachahuter, embêterלְשַׂחֵק, לִצחוֹקआवारा घूमना, इधर-उधर के काम करनाtratiti vrijemerendetlenkedikmengacaufíflast(fare lo stupido)ふざけ回る성가시게 굴다išdykautiblēņoties; maisīties pa kājāmmengacauherrie makenrote/drive omkringbawić sięfazer confusãoa-şi face de capвалять дуракаšantiťrazgrajatiizmotavati sebråka, larva sigพูดหรือกระทำโง่ ๆ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ)dolaşmak瞎搗亂шкодитиپریشانی کا سبب بنناlàm việc cẩu thả瞎捣乱

2 to work with no particular plan in a situation that involves mess I love messing about in the kitchen.bak en brouيَعْمَل بصورةٍ فَوضَويَّهмотая сеkutitgå og rodeherumpfuschenψευτοδουλεύω, παίζωgandulearjändamaدر هم و برهمhäärätäbricolerלְהִתבַּטֵלसमय गंवानाdangubitibabrálkerja secara isengdunda, dútlatrafficareだらだらする장난삼아 ...하다, 시간을 보내다kuistis[]ņemtiesmelengah-lengahkanknoeiensysle, drive medbałaganić, szalećmexera drege, a reparaвозитьсяkutiťbrkljatipetljati sestöka, pillra medใช้เวลาไม่คุ้มค่า (คำไม่เป็นทางการ)uğraşmak, oynamak混日子порпатисяبے ربط غیر منظم طور پر عمل کرناlàm rối tung lên混日子

3 (with with) to meddle or interfere with Who's been messing about with my papers?meng inيَتَدخَّل فيпипамmotat se okolorode med; pille vedherumpfuschenανακατεύομαιdesarreglar, desordenartuhnimaالوده کردنpenkoadérangerלִגרוֹם לְאִי-סֶדֶר, לְבָלגֵןšeprtljiti„szórakozik” vmivelmengacak-acakfikta viðmettere in disordineいじくる만지작거리다naršytijauktiesmenyelerakkanrommelen infikle med, rote i/medbawić się, grzebać (w)mexer coma se amesteca, a-şi băga nasulрытьсяmotať sa okolovtikati sepetljatikladda (tafsa) påเข้าไปเกี่ยวข้องkarıştırmak, kurcalamak弄亂，干涉влазитиمداخلت کرنا یا چھیڑ چھاڑ کرناcan thiệp弄乱

4 to upset or put into a state of disorder or confusion The wind messed her hair about.deurmekaar maakيَجْعَلُه عَديم التَّرتيب، يَنْعَفُразстройвамrozcuchatlave uorden i; ødelæggeverwirrenανακατώνωalborotarsegi ajamaبهم ریخته کردنsekoittaachambarderלְבָלגֵןspetljatiösszekócolmerusakruglamettere in disordine乱す어지럽히다suveltisajaukt; izjauktkusut masaiin de war makenrote til, bringe i uordenbałaganić, potargaćdesarranjara ră­văşiприводить в беспорядокrozstrapatiťspraviti v neredpokvarititrassla tillทำให้ไม่เป็นระเบียบdağıtmak搞亂порушуватиاتھل پتھل کرناlàm rối搞乱

mess up

to spoil; to make a mess of Don't mess the room up!deurmekaar maakيُفْسِد، يُسَبِّب الفَوْضىразхвърлямobrátit vzhůru nohamalave uorden iin Unordnung bringenχαλώ, λερώνω, αναστατώνωdesordenar, ensuciarsegi ajamaسر هم بندی کردنsotkeagâcher, mettre en désordreלְבָלגֵןगड़बड़ी करनाunereditielront; rendetlenséget csinál vholmembuat berantakansetja á annan endann, umturnamettere in disordine散らかす더럽히다, 엉망으로 만들다priteršti, sujauktiradīt nekārtību, piegružotmengotorkanrommelig makenødelegge, ramponere; rote tildoprowadzić do bałaganudesarrumara întoarce cu fundul în sus; a stricaпортить; пачкатьobrátiť hore nohamirazmetatiunereditistöka till, smutsa nerทำให้สูญเสียโดยประมาทkirletmek, altını üstüne getirmek搞亂робити розгардіяш, рейвахبرباد کرناlàm lộn xộn搞乱