mess vs mint

mess

noun
  • A large quantity or number. 

  • A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding. 

  • A building or room in which mess is eaten. 

  • A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table. 

  • The milk given by a cow at one milking. 

  • Excrement. 

  • A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck. 

  • A dessert of fruit and cream, similar to a fool. 

  • A group of iguanas. 

  • A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner). 

verb
  • To eat (with others). 

  • To make soiled by ejaculating. 

  • To screw around with, to bother, to be annoying to. 

  • To supply with a mess. 

  • To belong to a mess. 

  • To make soiled by defecating. 

  • To take meals with a mess. 

  • To throw into disorder or to ruin. 

  • To interfere. 

mint

noun
  • A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something. 

  • A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath. 

  • Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor. 

  • A green colour, like that of mint. 

  • A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence. 

  • Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. 

  • The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce. 

  • Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself. 

  • Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems. 

verb
  • To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. 

  • To create a crypto token. 

  • To try, attempt; take aim. 

  • To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence. 

  • To hint; suggest; insinuate. 

  • To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose. 

adj
  • Unused with original gum; as issued originally. 

  • In near-perfect condition; uncirculated. 

  • Like new. 

  • Very good. 

  • Attractive; beautiful; handsome. 

  • Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant. 

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