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noun
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.
EXPANDa 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.
COLLAPSEthe layer of slightly decomposed organic material on the surface of the floor of the forest.
verb (used with object)
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 followed by up): Bits of paper littered the floor.
12.
to give birth to (young), as a multiparous animal.
13.
EXPANDto supply (an animal) with litter for a bed.
14.
to use (straw, hay, etc.) for litter.
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COLLAPSEto cover (a floor or other area) with straw, hay, etc., for litter.
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verb (used without object)
Idiom16.
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,
a.
the best or choicest of the animals, especially puppies, in a litter.
b.
the best of any class, group, or available selection.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English litere bed, litter < Anglo-French; Old French litiere < Medieval Latin lectāria, equivalent to Latin lect(us) bed + -āria feminine of -ārius -er2
1250–1300; Middle English litere bed, litter < Anglo-French; Old French litiere < Medieval Latin lectāria, equivalent to Latin lect(us) bed + -āria feminine of -ārius -er2
Related forms
lit·ter·er, noun
an·ti·lit·ter, adjective
an·ti·lit·ter·ing, adjective
de-lit·ter, verb (used with object)
un·lit·tered, adjective
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Word Origin & History
litter
c.1300, "a bed," also "bed-like vehicle carried on men's shoulders" (early 14c.), from Anglo-Fr. litere "portable bed," from O.Fr. litiere, from M.L. lectaria "litter" (altered in O.Fr. by influence of lit "bed"), from L. lectus "bed, couch." Meaning extended early 15c. to "straw used for bedding" (early
EXPAND14c. in Anglo-Fr.) and late 15c. to "offspring of an animal at one birth" (in one bed); sense of "scattered oddments, disorderly debris" is first attested 1730, probably from M.E. verb literen "provide with bedding" (late 14c.), with notion of strewing straw. The verb meaning "to strew with objects" is from 1713. Litterbug first recorded 1947. Littering "act of dropping litter" is from 1960.
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
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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