Definitions of mess
n. - Mass; church service. 2
n. - 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. 2
n. - 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. 2
n. - A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner. 2
n. - The milk given by a cow at one milking. 2
n. - A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it. 2
v. i. - To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers. 2
v. t. - To supply with a mess. 2
v. t. - To make a mess of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb. 2