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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Mess
     a portion of food given to a guest (Gen. 43:34; 2 Sam. 11:8).

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mess \Mess\ (m[e^]s), n.
     Mass; church service. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mess \Mess\ (m[e^]s), n. [OE. mes, OF. mets, LL. missum, p. p.
     of mittere to put, place (e. g., on the table), L. mittere to
     send. See Mission, and cf. Mass religious service.]
     1. A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision
        of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of
        pottage; also, the food given to a beast at one time.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              At their savory dinner set
              Of herbs and other country messes.    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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; as, the wardroom
        mess. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing
        companies into sets of four at dinner. [Obs.] --Latimer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The milk given by a cow at one milking. [U.S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. [Perh. corrupt. fr. OE. mesh for mash: cf. muss.] A
        disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a
        situation resulting from blundering or from
        misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mess \Mess\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Messed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Messing.]
     To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with
     others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers. --Marryat.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mess \Mess\, v. t.
     1. To supply with a mess.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To make a mess[5] of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to
        jumble; to disturb; to mess up.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
              It was n't right either to be messing another man's
              sleep.                                --Scribner's
                                                    Mag.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Mess \Mess\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Messed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Messing.]
     To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with
     others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers. --Marryat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Mess \Mess\, v. t.
     To supply with a mess.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Mess \Mess\, n.
     Mass; church service. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Mess \Mess\, n. [OE. mes, OF. mets, LL. missum, p. p. of mittere
     to put, place (e. g., on the table), L. mittere to send. See
     Mission, and cf. Mass religious service.]
     1. A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision
        of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of
        pottage; also, the food given to a beast at one time.
  
              At their savory dinner set Of herbs and other
              country messes.                       --Milton.
  
     2. 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; as, the wardroom
        mess. --Shak.
  
     3. A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing
        companies into sets of four at dinner. [Obs.] --Latimer.
  
     4. The milk given by a cow at one milking. [U.S.]
  
     5. [Perh. corrupt. fr. OE. mesh for mash: cf. muss.] A
        disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a
        situation resulting from blundering or from
        misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Mess \Mess\, v. t.
     To make a mess of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble;
     to disturb.
  
           It was n't right either to be messing another man's
           sleep.                                   --Scribner's
                                                    Mag.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "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 hall
       2: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his
          room" [syn: mess up]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  mess
     Γαλλικά n.
     η λέσχη των αξιωματικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  mess
     Maltese vb.
     1 to touch
     2 (lb mt figurative) to touch, to affect
     Manx n.
     (lb gv botany) fruit
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     (infl of nb messe  imp)
     Swedish n.
     n (lb sv colloquial) text message

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Mess
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  mess
     n.
     1 (senseid en disorder) A disagreeable mixture or confusion of
  things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from
  misunderstanding.
     2 (lb en colloquial) A large quantity or number.
     3 (lb en euphemistic) excrement.
     4 (lb en figuratively) A person in a state of (especially emotional)
  turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy
  or dirty.
     2 # To make soiled by defecate.
     3 # To make soiled by ejaculate.
     4 (lb en transitive, often used with "up") To throw into
  disorder or to ruin.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To interfere.
     6 (lb en used with "with") To screw around with, to bother,
  to be annoying to.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) Mass; a church service.
     2 (senseid en food) (lb en archaic) 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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To take meals with a mess.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To belong to a mess.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To eat (with others).
     4 (lb en transitive) To supply with a mess.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Mess
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  mess
     Maltese vb.
     1 to touch
     2 (lb mt figurative) to touch, to affect
     n.
     1 (senseid en disorder) A disagreeable mixture or confusion of
  things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from
  misunderstanding.
     2 (lb en colloquial) A large quantity or number.
     3 (lb en euphemistic) excrement.
     4 (lb en figuratively) A person in a state of (especially emotional)
  turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy
  or dirty.
     2 # To make soiled by defecate.
     3 # To make soiled by ejaculate.
     4 (lb en transitive, often used with "up") To throw into
  disorder or to ruin.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To interfere.
     6 (lb en used with "with") To screw around with, to bother,
  to be annoying to.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) Mass; a church service.
     2 (senseid en food) (lb en archaic) 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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To take meals with a mess.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To belong to a mess.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To eat (with others).
     4 (lb en transitive) To supply with a mess.
     Old Irish n.
     1 (verbal noun of sga midithir)
     2 judgment

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Mess
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  mess
     Maltese vb.
     1 to touch
     2 (lb mt figurative) to touch, to affect
     n.
     1 (senseid en disorder) A disagreeable mixture or confusion of
  things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from
  misunderstanding.
     2 (lb en colloquial) A large quantity or number.
     3 (lb en euphemistic) excrement.
     4 (lb en figuratively) A person in a state of (especially emotional)
  turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy
  or dirty.
     2 # To make soiled by defecate.
     3 # To make soiled by ejaculate.
     4 (lb en transitive, often used with "up") To throw into
  disorder or to ruin.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To interfere.
     6 (lb en used with "with") To screw around with, to bother,
  to be annoying to.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) Mass; a church service.
     2 (senseid en food) (lb en archaic) 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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To take meals with a mess.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To belong to a mess.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To eat (with others).
     4 (lb en transitive) To supply with a mess.
     Old Irish n.
     1 (verbal noun of sga midithir)
     2 judgment

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Mess
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  mess
     Englanti n.
     1 sotku
     2 messi
     3 (vanha) kerralla pöytään katettu ruoka; yhden ruokailijan
  ruoka-annos
     Englanti vb.
     1 syödä (erit. messissä)
     2 sotkea

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  mess
     n.
     (tagg: vardagligt) textmeddelande

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  mess
     n.
     (tagg: vardagligt) textmeddelande

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Mess… /mˈɛs/
  measuring

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Mess /mˈɛs/
  الفوضى

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  mess //mɛs// 
  безпоря́дък, безре́дие, бъркоти́я
  confusion of things