A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty condition: The kitchen was a mess.
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A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition; a muddle: With divorce and bankruptcy proceedings pending, his personal life was in a mess.
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A disorderly or dirty accumulation, heap, or jumble: left a mess in the yard.
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A group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, who regularly eat meals together.
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A mess hall.
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phrasal-verb
Mess around Informal Informal To be sexually unfaithful.
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Mess around Informal To associate casually or playfully: liked to mess around with pals on days off.
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Mess around Informal To pass time in aimless puttering.
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Mess up Informal To make a mistake, especially from nervousness or confusion: messed up and dropped the ball.
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Mess up Slang To beat up; manhandle: got messed up in a brawl.
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verb-transitive
To botch; bungle.
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To make disorderly or soiled; clutter or foul: a puppy that still messes the floor.
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verb-intransitive
To cause or make a mess.
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To take a meal in a military mess.
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To use or handle something carelessly; fiddle: messed with the blender until he broke it.
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verb
To provide with meals at a mess.
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To make dirty or untidy .
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To mix up .
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To interfere with .
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To rough up .
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