mess

  • 31mess — I UK [mes] / US noun Word forms mess : singular mess plural messes ** 1) [countable/uncountable] a situation in which a place is dirty or untidy Your room is a mess; please pick up your toys. What a mess! she said, looking at the kitchen. make a… …

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  • 32mess — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, fine (esp. AmE), hopeless, real, royal (esp. AmE), total, utter ▪ I got myself into a complete mess …

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  • 33mess — /mɛs / (say mes) noun 1. a dirty or untidy condition: the room was in a mess. 2. a state of embarrassing confusion: his affairs are in a mess. 3. an unpleasant or difficult situation: to get into a mess. 4. a dirty or untidy mass, litter, or… …

  • 34MESS — Infobox Software name = MESS caption = developer = MESS Team latest release version = 0.127 latest release date = August 25, 2008 latest preview version = latest preview date = operating system = Cross platform platform = genre = Emulator license …

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  • 35mess — [[t]me̱s[/t]] ♦♦♦ messes, messing, messed 1) N SING: also no det If you say that something is a mess or in a mess, you think that it is in an untidy state. The house is a mess... The wrong shampoo can leave curly hair in a tangled mess... Linda… …

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  • 36mess — I n. untidy condition 1) to make a mess 2) to leave a mess 3) to clean away, clean up, clear up, sweep up a mess 4) in a mess (to leave things in a real mess) dining hall (mil.) 5) an enlisted (AE); officers mess 6) at, in a mess (they ate at the …

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  • 37mess up — verb 1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 1) I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑ …

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  • 38mess — I. noun Etymology: Middle English mes, from Anglo French, from Late Latin missus course at a meal, from missus, past participle of mittere to put, from Latin, to send more at smite Date: 14th century 1. a quantity of food: a. archaic food set on… …

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  • 39mess — /mes/, n. 1. a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess. 2. a person or thing that is dirty, untidy, or disordered. 3. a state of embarrassing confusion: My affairs are in a mess. 4. an unpleasant or difficult situation: She …

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  • 40mess*/ — [mes] noun I 1) [C/U] a situation in which a place is dirty, untidy, or in bad condition The garden was a real mess.[/ex] Try not to make a mess because I ve been cleaning.[/ex] His papers were in a terrible mess.[/ex] 2) [singular] a difficult… …

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