mess

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding.
2. (colloquial) A large quantity or number.
3. Excrement.
4. A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.

Verb

1. To make untidy or dirty.
2. To make untidy or dirty.
3. To throw into disorder or to ruin.
4. To interfere.

Verb

1. To take meals with a mess.
2. To belong to a mess.
3. To eat (with others).
4. To supply with a mess.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mɛs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Perhaps a corruption of Middle English mesh (“mash”), compare muss, or derived from Etymology 2 "mixed foods, as for animals".