mess (
http://definr.com/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; in the military
2: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his
room" [syn:
mess up]