MESS, noun [Latin mensa.] 1. A dish or a quantity of food prepared or set on a table at one time; as a mess of pottage; a mess of herbs; a mess of broth. 2. A medley; a mixed mass; a quantity. 3. As much provender or grain as is given to a beast at once. 4. A number of persons who eat together; among seamen and soldiers. MESS, verb intransitive To eat; to feed. 1. To associate at the same table; to eat in company, as seamen. MESS, verb transitive To supply with a mess
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