mess
     n 1: a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a
          mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn: {messiness},
           {muss}, {mussiness}]
     2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
        terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: {fix},
         {hole}, {jam}, {muddle}, {pickle}, {kettle of fish}]
     3: soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"
     4: a meal eaten by service personnel
     5: a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat
        or relax [syn: {mess hall}]
     6: (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"; "it must
        have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
        deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mickle},
         {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot}, {quite
        a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
        sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
     v 1: eat in a mess hall
     2: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his
        room" [syn: {mess up}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0