meaning of litter
1. A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
2. Straw, hay, etc. , scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
3. Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.
4. Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.
5. The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.
6. To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
7. To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
8. To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt.
9. To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make ones bed in litter.
10. To produce a litter.
11. material used to provide a bed for animals
Related Words
litter | litter basket | litter lout | litter-basket | litter-bearer | litterateur | litterbin | litterbug | littered | litterer | littering | littery |
