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Meaning of 'litter' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Litter [ n.]
- A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
- Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
- Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.
- Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.
- The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.
2 . Litter [ v. i.]
- To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
- To produce a litter.
3 . Litter [ v. t.]
- To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
- To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
- To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt.

Meaning of 'litter' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . litter [ v]
Meaning (1):
- strew
Example in sentence:
  • Cigar butts littered the ground

Nearby Words:

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