1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Litter

Definition of Litter in English :

Define Litter in English

Litter meaning in English

Meaning of Litter in English

Pronunciation of Litter in English

Litter pronunciation in English

Pronounce Litter in English

Litter

see synonyms of litter

Noun

1. litter

the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal

2. litter

rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)

3. litter

conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers

4. bedding, bedding material, litter

material used to provide a bed for animals

Verb

5. litter

strew

Example Sentences:
'Cigar butts littered the ground'

6. litter

make a place messy by strewing garbage around

7. litter

give birth to a litter of animals

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Litter

see synonyms of litter
noun
1. 
a. 
small refuse or waste materials carelessly dropped, esp in public places
b. 
(as modifier)
litter bin
2. 
a disordered or untidy condition or a collection of objects in this condition
3. 
a group of offspring produced at one birth by a mammal such as a sow
4. 
a layer of partly decomposed leaves, twigs, etc, on the ground in a wood or forest
5. 
straw, hay, or similar material used as bedding, protection, etc, by animals or plants
6.  cat litter
7. 
a means of conveying people, esp sick or wounded people, consisting of a light bed or seat held between parallel sticks
verb
8. 
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 fashion
10. 
(of pigs, cats, etc) to give birth to (offspring)
11. (transitive)
to provide (an animal or plant) with straw or hay for bedding, protection, etc

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Litter

see synonyms of litter
noun
1. 
a framework having long horizontal shafts near the bottom and enclosing a couch on which a person can be carried
2. 
a stretcher for carrying the sick or wounded
3. 
straw, hay, leaves, etc. used as bedding for animals, as a protective covering for plants, etc.
4. 
a kind of granular clay used in an indoor receptacle (litter box) to absorb the waste of domestic cats
5. 
the young borne at one time by a dog, cat, or other animal which normally bears several young at a delivery
6. 
things lying about in disorder, esp., bits of rubbish scattered about
7. 
untidiness; disorder
8.  Forestry
the surface layer of the forest floor, in which the leaves are slightly decomposed
verb transitive
9. 
to supply with a bed, covering, etc. of straw, hay, or the like
10. 
to bring forth (a number of young) at one time
said of certain animals
11. 
to make messy with things scattered about
12. 
to scatter about carelessly
verb intransitive
13. 
to bear a litter of young

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Litter

see synonyms of litter
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

obdurate

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches