litter

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.

2. 2noun

   Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.

3. 3noun

   Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.

4. 4noun

   Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.

5. 5noun

   The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.

6. 6transitive verb

   To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.

7. 7transitive verb

   To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.

8. 8transitive verb

   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. 9intransitive verb

   To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To produce a litter.

11. 11noun

    material used to provide a bed for animals

    Synonyms

    bedding
12. 12noun

    conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers

13. 13noun

    the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal

14. 14noun

    rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)

15. 15verb

    give birth to a litter of animals

16. 16verb

    make a place messy by strewing garbage around

17. 17verb

    strew

    "Cigar butts littered the ground"