litter in English dictionary

  • litter

    Meanings and definitions of "litter"

    • (intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
    • (transitive) To give birth to, used of animals.
    • (countable) A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
    • (countable) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
    • (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals.
    • (uncountable) Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
    • (uncountable) Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
    • (uncountable) Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
    • noun
      (countable)
      A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
    • noun
      (collective, countable)
      The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      Material used as bedding for animals.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
    • noun
      A covering of straw for plants.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To strew with scattered articles.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To give birth to, used of animals.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To produce a litter of young.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
    • platform designed to carry a person or a load
    • animals born in one birth
    • bedding for animals
    • discarded items
    • material for litter tray
    • drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
    • give birth
    • Straw, hay or similar material used as bedding by animals.
    • A seat mounted on a frame with two poles on which a person can be carried.
    • (animal’s) litter
    • (stable) litter
    • Small pieces of garbage, such as cans, bottles and wrappings, that people have left in a public place.
    • noun
      conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
    • noun
      material used to provide a bed for animals
    • noun
      rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
    • noun
      the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
    • verb
      give birth to a litter of animals
    • verb
      make a place messy by strewing garbage around
    • verb
      strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground"

    Synonyms of "litter" in English dictionary

    substance, bear, straw are the top synonyms of "litter" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of litter

    • litter ( countable and uncountable;  plural  litters)
    • litter ( third-person singular simple present litters, present participle littering, simple past and past participle littered)
    • litter (third-person singular simple present litters, present participle littering, simple past and past participle littered)
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