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litter
lit·ter L0203400 (lĭt′ər)n.1. a. Carelessly discarded refuse, such as wastepaper: the litter in the streets after a parade.b. A disorderly accumulation of objects; a pile. "An iron washstand [stood] in the corner amidst a litter of soap and soiled towels" (Molly Gloss).2. The group of offspring produced at one birth by a mammal.3. a. Material, such as straw, used as bedding for animals.b. An absorbent material for covering the floor of an animal's cage or litterbox.4. An enclosed or curtained couch mounted on shafts and used to carry a single passenger.5. A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a stretcher.6. Fallen leaves and other decaying organic matter that make up the top layer of a forest floor.v. lit·tered, lit·ter·ing, lit·ters v.tr.1. To give birth to (a litter).2. To make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly: Someone had littered the beach with food wrappers.3. To scatter about: littered towels all over the locker room.4. To be scattered about (an area): "A lot of torn envelopes and open letters littered his bed" (Joseph Conrad).5. To include certain items such as expressions throughout (a speech or piece of writing, for example): littered his letters with the names of powerful friends.6. Archaic To supply (animals) with litter for bedding or floor covering.v.intr.1. To give birth to a litter.2. To scatter litter.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman litere, from Medieval Latin lectāria (influenced by Old French lit, bed), from Latin lectus, bed; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]
lit′ter·er n.litter (ˈlɪtə) n1. a. small refuse or waste materials carelessly dropped, esp in public placesb. (as modifier): litter bin. 2. a disordered or untidy condition or a collection of objects in this condition3. (Zoology) a group of offspring produced at one birth by a mammal such as a sow4. (Forestry) a layer of partly decomposed leaves, twigs, etc, on the ground in a wood or forest5. (Agriculture) straw, hay, or similar material used as bedding, protection, etc, by animals or plants6. See cat litter7. a means of conveying people, esp sick or wounded people, consisting of a light bed or seat held between parallel sticksvb8. to make (a place) untidy by strewing (refuse)9. to scatter (objects, etc) about or (of objects) to lie around or upon (anything) in an untidy fashion10. (Zoology) (of pigs, cats, etc) to give birth to (offspring)11. (Agriculture) (tr) to provide (an animal or plant) with straw or hay for bedding, protection, etc[C13 (in the sense: bed): via Anglo-French, ultimately from Latin lectus bed]lit•ter (ˈlɪt ər)
n. 1. objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish. 2. a condition of disorder or untidiness: We were appalled at the litter of the room. 3. a number of young brought forth by a multiparous animal at one birth: a litter of six kittens. 4. a framework of cloth stretched between two parallel bars, for the transportation of a sick or wounded person; stretcher. 5. a vehicle carried by people or animals, consisting of a bed or couch, often covered and curtained, suspended between shafts. 6. straw, hay, or the like, used as bedding for animals or as protection for plants. 7. the layer of slightly decomposed organic material on the surface of the floor of the forest. 8. any of various absorbent materials used for lining a box in which a cat can eliminate waste. v.t. 9. to strew (a place) with scattered objects, rubbish, etc. 10. to scatter (objects) in disorder. 11. to be strewn about (a place) in disorder (often fol. by up). 12. to cover (a floor or other area) with straw, hay, etc., for litter. v.i. 13. to give birth to a litter. 14. to strew objects about: a fine for littering. [1250–1300; Middle English litere bed, litter < Anglo-French; Old French litiere < Medieval Latin lectāria= Latin lect(us) bed] lit′ter•er, n. litter- reckling, wallydrag - Reckling and wallydrag are both names for the runt of a litter.
- farrow - Now the term for a litter of pigs, it originally meant "young pig," from Indo-European porkos.
- queen - A litter-bearing female cat.
- tantony - The smallest pig in a litter.
litterA basket or frame utilized for the transport of injured persons.Litter the young brought forth at one time by a sow or similar animal; a disorderly cumulation of papers; rubbish, 1730.Examples: litter of children, 1704; of constitutions, 1796; of kittens; of lions, 1734; of opinions, 1662; of pamphlets, 1688; of pigs, 1604—Brewer, of rabbits, 1802; of sins, 1639; of whelps, 1486; of women, 1860.litter
Past participle: littered
Gerund: littering
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| I litter | | you litter | | he/she/it litters | | we litter | | you litter | | they litter |
| Preterite |
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| I littered | | you littered | | he/she/it littered | | we littered | | you littered | | they littered |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am littering | | you are littering | | he/she/it is littering | | we are littering | | you are littering | | they are littering |
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| I have littered | | you have littered | | he/she/it has littered | | we have littered | | you have littered | | they have littered |
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| I was littering | | you were littering | | he/she/it was littering | | we were littering | | you were littering | | they were littering |
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| I had littered | | you had littered | | he/she/it had littered | | we had littered | | you had littered | | they had littered |
| Future |
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| I will litter | | you will litter | | he/she/it will litter | | we will litter | | you will litter | | they will litter |
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| I will have littered | | you will have littered | | he/she/it will have littered | | we will have littered | | you will have littered | | they will have littered |
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| I will be littering | | you will be littering | | he/she/it will be littering | | we will be littering | | you will be littering | | they will be littering |
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| I have been littering | | you have been littering | | he/she/it has been littering | | we have been littering | | you have been littering | | they have been littering |
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| I will have been littering | | you will have been littering | | he/she/it will have been littering | | we will have been littering | | you will have been littering | | they will have been littering |
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| I had been littering | | you had been littering | | he/she/it had been littering | | we had been littering | | you had been littering | | they had been littering |
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| I would litter | | you would litter | | he/she/it would litter | | we would litter | | you would litter | | they would litter |
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| I would have littered | | you would have littered | | he/she/it would have littered | | we would have littered | | you would have littered | | they would have littered |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  litter - the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammalanimal group - a group of animals | | 2. | litter - rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)rubbish, trash, scrap - worthless material that is to be disposed of | | 3. | litter - conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearerstransport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportationcovered couch - a litter with a cover for privacypalankeen, palanquin - a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearerssedan chair, sedan - a closed litter for one passengerstretcher - a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles | | 4. |  litter - material used to provide a bed for animalsbedding material, beddingmaterial, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" | | Verb | 1. | litter - strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | | 2. | litter - make a place messy by strewing garbage aroundstrew, straw - spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet" | | 3. | litter - give birth to a litter of animalsbirth, give birth, bear, deliver, have - cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
litternoun1. rubbish, refuse, waste, fragments, junk, debris, shreds, garbage (chiefly U.S.), trash, muck, detritus, grot (slang) If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up.2. jumble, mess, disorder, confusion, scatter, tangle, muddle, clutter, disarray, untidiness He pushed aside the litter of books.3. brood, family, young, offspring, progeny a litter of puppies4. bedding, couch, mulch, floor cover, straw-bed The birds scratch through leaf litter on the forest floor.5. stretcher, palanquin The Colonel winced as the porters jolted the litter.verb1. clutter, mess up, clutter up, be scattered about, disorder, disarrange, derange Glass from broken bottles litters the pavement.2. scatter, spread, shower, strew Concrete holiday resorts are littered across the mountainside.litternounThe offspring, as of an animal or a bird, for example, that are the result of one breeding season:brood, young.Translationslitter (ˈlitə(r)) noun1. an untidy mess of paper, rubbish etc. Put your litter in that bin. 一堆廢紙，垃圾 （杂乱的）废物，垃圾 2. a heap of straw etc for animals to lie on etc. 稻草 稻草3. a number of animals born to the same mother at the same time. a litter of kittens. 同一窩出生的小動物 同胎小崽 verb to cover (the ground etc) with scattered objects. Papers littered the table. 亂丟(到地上等) 乱丢litter
runt of the litterThe smallest and weakest person in a group, especially a group of siblings. (A "litter" is a group of newborn mammals, the smallest of which is least likely to thrive or survive.) Even though I'm the middle child, I've always been the runt of the litter in our family—even my younger sister picks on me because she's taller than I am.See also: litter, of, runtpick of the litterThe best or most ideal option in a group. (A "litter" is a group of newborn mammals, especially puppies or kittens.) Matt is the pick of the litter, so we need to make sure he ends up on our team. I know you think that puppy is too small, but to me he's just the pick of the litter!See also: litter, of, picklitter (something) aroundTo throw things on the ground in an untidy manner. My roommate is always littering his clothes around the house. It drives me crazy! You really shouldn't litter your trash around like that.See also: around, litterlitter (something or some place) upTo make something or some place very messy or untidy. I hate the way he litters up his desk with papers and dirty plates—it just looks really unprofessional. The room wasn't clean for more than an hour before the kids had littered it up with toys and bits of food.See also: litter, uplitter (something) aboutTo throw things on the ground in an untidy manner. My roommate is always littering his clothes about the house. It drives me crazy! You really shouldn't litter your trash about like that.See also: litterlitter something about and litter something aroundto cast around something, such as trash, clothing, personal possessions, etc. Don't litter all that stuff about. I wish you wouldn't litter your trash around.See also: litterlitter something upto mess something up with litter, trash, possessions, etc. Who littered this room up? Who littered up this room?See also: litter, uprunt of the litter 1. Lit. the smallest animal born in a litter; the animal in a litter least likely to survive. No one wanted to buy the runt of the litter, so we kept it. 2. and the runt of the family Fig. the smallest child in the family. I was the runt of the litter and the butt of all the jokes.See also: litter, of, runtpick of the litterThe best of a group, as in He was first in the ticket line so he had the pick of the litter. This term, alluding to the most desirable one from a litter of puppies or kittens, supplanted such earlier variants as pick of the market, pick of the parish, and pick of the basket. [Early 1900s] See also: litter, of, pickpick of the litter, theThe best of the lot. Versions of this term have been around in various forms for a long time—from the pick of the market and pick of the parish to the pick of the basket (all nineteenth century) and pick of the bunch (twentieth century). The cliché alludes to selecting the most desirable from a litter of puppies.See also: of, pickLitter
litter1. a group of offspring produced at one birth by a mammal such as a sow 2. a layer of partly decomposed leaves, twigs, etc., on the ground in a wood or forest Litter a layer of the remains of dead plants on the soil surface in a forest, meadow, or steppe. Its thickness varies from a fraction of a centimeter to 30 cm or greater. In spruce forests of the taiga zone, there are 40–80 tons of litter per hectare (ha), and in oak forests of the forest steppe 8–15 tons per ha.
Litter the dead branches, leaves, and other parts of plants that have fallen onto the ground or the bottom of a body of water. The annual accumulation of such organic matter on the soil surface and in the forest is called litter. litter
lit·ter (lit'ĕr), 1. A stretcher or portable couch for moving the sick or injured. 2. A group of animals of the same parents, born at the same time. Synonym(s): brood (1) [Fr. litière; fr. lit, bed] litter (lĭt′ər)n.1. The group of offspring produced at one birth by a mammal.2. A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a stretcher.v. lit·tered, lit·tering, lit·ters v.tr.1. To give birth to (a litter).2. To make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly: Someone had littered the beach with food wrappers.3. To scatter about: littered towels all over the locker room.4. To be scattered about (an area): "A lot of torn envelopes and open letters littered his bed" (Joseph Conrad).5. To include certain items such as expressions throughout (a speech or piece of writing, for example): littered his letters with the names of powerful friends.6. Archaic To supply (animals) with litter for bedding or floor covering.v.intr.1. To give birth to a litter.2. To scatter litter.
lit′ter·er n.litter Military medicine A mobile bed for transporting wounded military personnel Vox populi Trash strewn in a public or open placelit·ter (lit'ĕr) 1. A stretcher or portable couch for moving the sick or injured. 2. A group of animals of the same parents, born at the same time. [Fr. litière; fr. lit, bed]litter - any material aggregated on the surface of soil from above-ground vegetation.
- the offspring produced at any one time by a mammal.
litter
litter the offence committed where a person throws down, drops or otherwise deposits any litter in any place to which this law applies and leaves it. The law applies to any place in the area of a principal litter authority which is open to the air, unless the public does not have access to it, with or without payment. It is immaterial whether the litter is deposited on land or in water. Litter expressly includes the discarded ends of cigarettes, cigars and like products, and discarded chewing-gum and the discarded remains of other products designed for chewing.litter
Synonyms for litternoun rubbishSynonyms- rubbish
- refuse
- waste
- fragments
- junk
- debris
- shreds
- garbage
- trash
- muck
- detritus
- grot
noun jumbleSynonyms- jumble
- mess
- disorder
- confusion
- scatter
- tangle
- muddle
- clutter
- disarray
- untidiness
noun broodSynonyms- brood
- family
- young
- offspring
- progeny
noun beddingSynonyms- bedding
- couch
- mulch
- floor cover
- straw-bed
noun stretcherSynonymsverb clutterSynonyms- clutter
- mess up
- clutter up
- be scattered about
- disorder
- disarrange
- derange
verb scatterSynonymsSynonyms for litternoun the offspring, as of an animal or a bird, for example, that are the result of one breeding seasonSynonymsSynonyms for litternoun the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammalRelated Wordsnoun rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)Related Wordsnoun conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearersRelated Words- transport
- conveyance
- covered couch
- palankeen
- palanquin
- sedan chair
- sedan
- stretcher
noun material used to provide a bed for animalsSynonymsRelated Wordsverb strewRelated Wordsverb make a place messy by strewing garbage aroundRelated Wordsverb give birth to a litter of animalsRelated Words- birth
- give birth
- bear
- deliver
- have
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