# messes

Pronunciation: say "MES-iz" /ˈmɛsɪz/

## Noun

1. Plural of mess. — plural of mess
   - Simple: Plural of mess. Use this form when you mean more than one mess.
   - _The flood left several messes that took weeks to clean up._
   - _Toddlers create new messes faster than parents can tidy them._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of mess. — third-person singular simple present indicative of mess
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of mess. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The cat messes with the curtains whenever it gets bored._
   - _Whenever he reorganizes the files, he messes up the whole system._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/messes (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).