mess in WordNet English dictionary

1. (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"; "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"
   batch  deal  flock  good deal  great deal  hatful  heap  lot  mass  mess  mickle  mint  mountain  muckle  passel  peck  pile  plenty  pot  quite a little  raft  sight  slew  spate  stack  tidy sum  wad 
   
2. informal terms for a difficult situation
   "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
   fix  hole  jam  mess  muddle  pickle  kettle of fish 
   
3. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
   mess  mess hall 
   
4. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
   mess 
   
5. soft semiliquid food
   "a mess of porridge"
   mess 
   
6. a state of confusion and disorderliness
   "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
   mess  messiness  muss  mussiness 
   

1. make a mess of or create disorder in
   "He messed up his room"
   mess  mess up 
   
2. eat in a mess hall
   mess