toss or dump garbage in an unauthorized place; scatter objects in disorder; give birth to young (of animals); line with straw or hay
refuse, trash; disorder; number of young born to an animal at one time; curtained couch suspended between poles and carried by men or animals; stretcher; bedding for humans or animals (made of straw, rushes, etc.)
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Litter Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Litter Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
(v. t.)
To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. i.)
To produce a litter.
To produce a litter.
(v. i.)
To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
(n.)
Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.
Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.
(n.)
The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.
The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.
(n.)
Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
(n.)
Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.
Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
litter
\lit"ter\ (?), v. i.
1. to be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter. [r.] the inn where he and his horse littered. abington.
2. to produce a litter. a desert where the she-wolf still littered.
litter
\lit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. littered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. littering.] 1. to supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall. tell them how they litter their jades. hacke&?;. for his ease, well littered was the floor.
2. to put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room. the room with volumes littered round.
3. 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. we might conceive that dogs were created blind, because we observe they were littered so with us. t. browne. the son that she did litter here, a freckled whelp hagborn.
litter
\lit"ter\ (?), n. [f. litière, ll. lectaria, fr. l. lectus couch, bed. see lie to be prostrated, and cf. coverlet.] 1. a bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it. there is a litter ready; lay him in 't.
2. straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants. to crouch in litter of your stable planks. take off the litter from your kernel beds.
3. things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish. strephon, who found the room was void. stole in, and took a strict survey of all the litter as it lay.
4. disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.
5. the young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. also fig. a wolf came to a sow, and very kindly offered to take care of her litter. estrange. reflect upon numerous litter of strange, senseless opinions that crawl about the world.
similar words(4)
litter-bearer
litter lout
kitty litter
horse-litter
Gwaling = n. a litter, a brood
Gwasarn = n. a foundation; what is strewed; litter; booty
Gwasarnu = v. to strew, to litter
1. feminine hygiene products; 2. any stray vaginal sectretions found in women's underwear (punning on "kitty litter")
Noun
1. the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
(hypernym) animal group
2. rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
(hypernym) rubbish, trash, scrap
3. conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
(hypernym) conveyance, transport
(hyponym) covered couch
4. material used to provide a bed for animals
(synonym) bedding material, bedding
(hypernym) substance, matter
Verb
1. strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground"
(hypernym) be
2. make a place messy by strewing garbage around
(hypernym) strew, straw
3. give birth to a litter of animals
(hypernym) give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
(hyponym) cub
Litter Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
A basket or frame utilized for the transport of injured persons.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Litter Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The freshly fallen plant material occuring on the surface of the ground.
: The freshly fallen plant material occuring on the surface of the ground.
Litter Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v.) To leave corpses lying around instead of looting them (usually because the dead creature offers little or no treasure).
Litter Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Litter consists of waste products that have been disposed of improperly, without consent, in an inappropriate location. Litter can also be used as a verb. To litter means to throw (often man-made) objects onto the ground and leave them as opposed to disposing of them properly. While most litter is associated with containers, wrappers and paper product; dumped items may include furniture, appliances (white goods), old electronics (e-waste), abandoned vehicles or construction materials. These categories of waste often contain hazardous materials. The distinction between littering and illegal dumping is sometimes defined by volume or the location of the disposed of waste. Illegally dumped items containing hazardous waste can harm the environment and have a potentially negative impact on human health.
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Litter Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
Undecomposed plant residues on the soil surface. See decomposition.
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1. The highly visible portion of solid waste carelessly discarded outside the regular garbage and trash collection and disposal system. 2. leaves and twigs fallen from forest trees.
Provided as a public service by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
rubbish discarded in the environment instead of in trash containers.
Litter Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
Litter Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
(Heb. tsab, as being lightly and gently borne), a sedan or palanquin for the conveyance of persons of rank (Isa. 66:20). In Num. 7:3, the words "covered wagons" are more literally "carts of the litter kind." There they denote large and commodious vehicles drawn by oxen, and fitted for transporting the furniture of the temple.
