mess
To make untidy or dirtyTo make untidy or dirty.: To make soiled by defecating.
Meaning
8 sensesTo make untidy or dirty.
(often, transitive)To make soiled by defecating.
make a mess of or create disorder in
(often, transitive)To make soiled by ejaculating.
(often, transitive)To throw into disorder or to ruin.
(intransitive)To interfere.
This doesn't concern you. Don't mess.
(intransitive)To take meals with a mess.
eat in a mess hall
(intransitive)To belong to a mess.
(intransitive)To eat (with others).
I mess with the wardroom officers.
(transitive)To supply with a mess.
Examples
1184 sentencesLook at the mess we have here.
Подивись на весь цей безлад. — deniko
It'll take forever to clean up this mess.
Розібратися в цьому безладі займе цілу вічність. — deniko
deEs wird ewig dauern, dieses Chaos zu bereinigen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I think it's time for me to walk away from this mess.
Я вважаю, що прийшов час мені піти від цього безладу. — zaytsev126
ruЯ думаю, что пришло время мне уйти от этого беспорядка. — zaytsev126
Tom is a mess.
Тому — суцільна руїна. — deniko
I'm sorry for the mess.
Перепрошую за безлад. — deniko
ruИзвиняюсь за беспорядок. — odexed
Origin
Perhaps a corruption of Middle English mesh (“mash”), compare muss, or derived from EtymolPerhaps a corruption of Middle English mesh (“mash”), compare muss, or derived from Etymology 2 "mixed foods, as for animals". Compare also Old English mes (“dung, excrement”).
From Middle English mes, partly from Old English mēse, mēose (“table”), a vernacular loan from Latin/Late Latin mē(n)sa (“table; meal”); and partly from Old French mes, Late Latin missum, from mittō (“to put, place (e.g. on the table)”). See mission, and compare Mass (“religious service”).
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Forms
messes, messing, messed, messedPhrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonyms- make a mess of or create disorder in:mess up
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- up this mess
- is a mess
- made a mess
- up the mess
- a mess of
- into this mess
- clean this mess
- messed up again
- a real mess
- of this mess
- want to mess
- for this mess