[lit-er] 
| 1. | objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish. |
| 2. | a condition of disorder or untidiness: We were appalled at the litter of the room. |
| 3. | a number of young brought forth by a multiparous animal at one birth: a litter of six kittens. |
| 4. | a framework of cloth stretched between two parallel bars, for the transportation of a sick or wounded person; stretcher. |
| 5. | a vehicle carried by people or animals, consisting of a bed or couch, often covered and curtained, suspended between shafts. |
| 6. | straw, hay, or the like, used as bedding for animals or as protection for plants. |
| 7. | the layer of slightly decomposed organic material on the surface of the floor of the forest. |
| 8. | cat litter. |
| 9. | to strew (a place) with scattered objects, rubbish, etc.: to be fined for littering the sidewalk. |
| 10. | to scatter (objects) in disorder: They littered their toys from one end of the playroom to the other. |
| 11. | to be strewn about (a place) in disorder (often fol. by up): Bits of paper littered the floor. |
| 12. | to give birth to (young), as a multiparous animal. |
| 13. | to supply (an animal) with litter for a bed. |
| 14. | to use (straw, hay, etc.) for litter. |
| 15. | to cover (a floor or other area) with straw, hay, etc., for litter. |
| 16. | to give birth to a litter: The cat had littered in the closet. |
| 17. | to strew objects about: If you litter, you may be fined. |
| 18. | pick of the litter,
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litter lit·ter (lĭt'ər)
n.
A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a stretcher.
The offspring produced at one birth by a multiparous mammal. Also called brood.
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