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.
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.
A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.
The milk given by a cow at one milking.
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it.
To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.
To supply with a mess.
To make a mess of; to disorder or muddle; to muss; to jumble; to disturb.
Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'. Ronald Reagan
I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess. Angelina Jolie
I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess! Audrey Hepburn
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out? Will Rogers
I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up. Shania Twain
