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Meaning of litter

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

litter

Pronunciation:/ˈlɪtə(ɹ)//ˈlɪtɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. (collective) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.

  3. Material used as bedding for animals.

    Example: sleep in the litter

  4. Collectively, items discarded on the ground.

    Example: drop litter

verb

Definitions

  1. To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).

    Example: By tossing the bottle out the window, he was littering.

  2. To scatter carelessly about.

  3. To strew (a place) with scattered articles.

  4. To give birth to, used of animals.