Litter | Mean of litter in English Dictionary
/ˈlɪtɚ/
- Noun
- things that have been thrown away and that are lying on the ground in a public place
- We decided to pick up the litter in the park.
- roadside litter
- a messy pile or group of things
- Her desk was covered with a litter of legal documents.
- dry material that is spread in a container and used as a toilet by animals (especially cats) while they are indoors
- cat/kitty litter
- (chiefly US) a litter box = (Brit) a litter tray [=a container holding litter for a cat]
- soft and dry material (such as straw) that is spread on the ground for some animals (such as horses) to sleep on
- a group of young animals that are born at a single time
- a litter of puppies/piglets
- He was the runt of the litter. [=the smallest animal in the litter]
- Of all the cars on the market, this one is clearly the pick of the litter. [=the best one]
- a covered bed that has long poles on the bottom and that was used in the past for carrying a very important person
- The emperor was carried to the palace on a litter.
- Verb
- to cover (a surface) with many things in an untidy way
- Paper and popcorn littered the streets after the parade.
- Leaves littered the forest floor. [=the forest floor was covered with leaves]
- a desk littered with old letters and bills
- a landscape littered with ugly houses
- Dirty words litter his vocabulary. [=his vocabulary includes many dirty words; he says a lot of dirty words]
- The book is littered with errors. [=the book contains many errors]
- to throw or leave trash on the ground in a public place
- It is illegal to litter.
- He had to pay a fine for littering.