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English noun: mess | |||
| 1. | mess (state) a state of confusion and disorderliness | ||
| Samples | The house was a mess. She smoothed the mussiness of the bed. | ||
| Synonyms | messiness, muss, mussiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disorder, disorderliness | ||
| 2. | mess (state) informal terms for a difficult situation | ||
| Samples | He got into a terrible fix. He made a muddle of his marriage. | ||
| Synonyms | fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, muddle, pickle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | difficulty | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dog's breakfast, dog's dinner | ||
| 3. | mess (food) soft semiliquid food | ||
| Samples | A mess of porridge. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals | ||
| 4. | mess (food) a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | meal, repast | ||
| 5. | mess (artifact) a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax | ||
| Synonyms | mess hall | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dining room, dining-room | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | officer's mess | ||
| Part holonym | training table | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 6. | mess (quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, torrent | ||
English verb: mess | |||
| 1. | mess (consumption) eat in a mess hall | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue mess | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | eat | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 2. | mess (change) make a mess of or create disorder in | ||
| Samples | He messed up his room. | ||
| Synonyms | mess up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disarray, disorder | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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