Mess — Defs

01 n. Mass; church service.

02 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 …

1.
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.
“At their savory dinner set Of herbs and other country messes.” — Milton.
2.
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.
3.
A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.[Obs.]
4.
The milk given by a cow at one milking.[U.S.]
5.
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it.[Colloq.]

03 v. i. To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.

imp. & p. p. Messed; p. pr. & vb. n. Messing

1.
To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.

04 v. t. To supply with a mess.

1.
To supply with a mess.
2.
To make a mess{5} of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb; to mess up.
“It was n't right either to be messing another man's sleep.” — Scribner's Mag.