mess

noun1 of 2

dirty or untidy area

• “First day on the job, and I already messed up.”Tatoeba
• “I need to get some of this mess cleaned up.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

(transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty.