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| lit·ter [ líttər ] |
noun (plural lit·ters) |
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1. scattered trash: pieces of trash that have been carelessly left on the ground, especially in a public place or outdoors
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2. messy state or place: a large number of objects that have been scattered around untidily, or a place that is in a messy state
  working away amid the litter of her study
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3. animal offspring: a group of young animals born at the same time from the same mother
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4. bedding for animals: material, e.g. hay or straw, that is used as bedding for animals
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5. material for pet's toilet box: a dry absorbent substance, often in the form of granules, that is spread in a shallow container where a pet, especially a cat, can urinate or defecate when indoors
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6. ground surface of forest: the surface layer of a forest floor, consisting of partly decomposed leaves and twigs
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7. couch for carrying passenger: a couch with poles on either side, used to transport a single passenger on people's shoulders or on animals
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8. stretcher with long shafts: a piece of cloth stretched between two long poles on each side that is used to carry a sick person or a dead body
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verb (past and past participle lit·tered, present participle lit·ter·ing, 3rd person present singular lit·ters) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb drop trash: to make a place, especially a public place or the outdoors, messy by leaving pieces of trash behind
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2. transitive verb be scattered over place: to lie or be scattered over a place, making it messy, or put a place in disorder by leaving scattered objects in it
Toys littered the playroom floor.
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3. transitive verb fill something with things: to fill something with many examples of something undesirable
littered with mistakes
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4. transitive and intransitive verb have young: to give birth to young
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5. transitive verb supply animal with bedding: to provide an animal with hay or straw for bedding
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| [14th century. Via Anglo-Norman litere< medieval Latin lectaria< Latin lectus "bed"] |
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| lit·ter·er noun |
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