litter
/ˈlɪtə(ɹ)//ˈlɪtɚ/noun
Definitions
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.
(collective) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
Material used as bedding for animals.
Example: sleep in the litter
Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
Example: drop litter
verb
Definitions
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.
To scatter carelessly about.
To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
To give birth to, used of animals.