[{"word":"messes","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; disorder.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He made a mess of it."},{"definition":"A large quantity or number.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today."},{"definition":"Excrement.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Parked under a tree, my car was soon covered in birds' mess."},{"definition":"A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Between the pain and the depression, I'm a mess."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(transitive, often used with \"up\") To make untidy or dirty.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(transitive, often used with \"up\") To throw into disorder or to ruin.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To interfere.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"This doesn't concern you. Don't mess."},{"definition":"(used with \"with\") To screw around with, to bother, to be annoying to.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Stop messing with me!"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Mass; a church service.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to an animal at one time.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A mess of pottage."},{"definition":"A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the wardroom mess"},{"definition":"A building or room in which mess is eaten.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The milk given by a cow at one milking.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To take meals with a mess.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To belong to a mess.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To eat (with others).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I mess with the wardroom officers."},{"definition":"To supply with a mess.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mess","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/messes"]}]