a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
No, look, I know that the place looks like a bit of a mess but it's actually a very delicate ecosystem. Everything is connected. It's like the rainforest. You change one thing, even the tiniest bit, and the whooole rainforest dies. You don't want the rainforest to die, do ya?
a large quantity or number
Messerschmidts! A whole mess of Messerschmidts!
Mass; a church service.
To make untidy or dirty.
It seems like all you do is cry, eat, and mess your diapers!
To throw into disorder or to ruin.
A surname from German.
Perhaps a corruption of Middle English mesh (“mash”), compare muss, or derived from Etymology 2 "mixed foods, as for animals". Compare also Old English mes (“dung, excrement”).
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But it wasn't right to be messing another man's sleep with tidal waves that didn't belong to the other man.
To take meals with a mess.