mess
n 1: a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a
mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn: {messiness},
{muss}, {mussiness}]
2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: {fix},
{hole}, {jam}, {muddle}, {pickle}, {kettle of fish}]
3: soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"
4: a meal eaten by service personnel
5: a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat
or relax [syn: {mess hall}]
6: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal},
{flock}, {good deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot},
{mass}, {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty},
{pot}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate},
{stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
v 1: eat in a mess; in the military
2: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his
room" [syn: {mess up}]