English
wikipedia|Mess
Pronunciation
IPA|/m�s/
audio|en-us-mess.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|�s
Etymology 1
ME. term|mes|langenm, OF. term|mets|langfro, LL. term|missum|langla, < term|mittere||to put, place|langla (e.g. on the table), L. term|mittere||to send|lang=la. See term|mission, and compare term|Mass||religious service.
Noun
en-noun|es
- obsolete Mass; church service.
- 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 a beast at one time.
#: A mess of pottage.
- A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table.
#: The wardroom mess.
- A set of four; � from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.
- US The milk given by a cow at one milking.
Translations
trans-top|Mass; church service
Danish: t-|da|messe
trans-mid
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Derived terms
mess hall
lose the number of one's mess|lose the number of one�s mess
Verb
en-verb|messes|messing|messed
- intransitive To take meals with a mess.
- intransitive To belong to a mess.
- intransitive To eat (with others).
#: I mess with the wardroom officers.
- transitive To supply with a mess.
Etymology 2
Perhaps a corruption of ME. term|mesh||for mash|lang=enm, compare term|muss.
Noun
en-noun|-
- A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; a disorder.
#: He made a mess of it.
- colloquial A large quantity or number.
#: My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today.
Quotations
seecites
Translations
trans-top|a disagreeable mixture or confusion of things�
Danish: t-|da|rod
trans-mid
German: t|de|Durcheinander|n
trans-bottom
Derived terms
rel-top3|terms derived from "mess"
messy
rel-mid3
mess up
rel-mid3
mess with
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References
R:1913
Manx
Noun
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