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Litter   /lˈɪtər/   Listen
noun
Litter  n.  
1.
A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it. "There is a litter ready; lay him in 't."
2.
Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants. "To crouch in litter of your stable planks." "Take off the litter from your kernel beds."
3.
Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish. "Strephon, who found the room was void. Stole in, and took a strict survey Of all the litter as it lay."
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 cat, dog, sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig. "A wolf came to a sow, and very kindly offered to take care of her litter." "Reflect upon that numerous litter of strange, senseless opinions that crawl about the world."


verb
Litter  v. t.  (past & past part. littered; pres. part. littering)  
1.
To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall. "Tell them how they litter their jades." "For his ease, well littered was the floor."
2.
To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room. "The room with volumes littered round."
3.
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. "We might conceive that dogs were created blind, because we observe they were littered so with us." "The son that she did litter here, A freckled whelp hagborn."


Litter  v. i.  
1.
To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter. (R.) "The inn Where he and his horse littered."
2.
To produce a litter. "A desert... where the she-wolf still littered."





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Litter" Quotes from Famous Books



... rushed out from Files's tavern and stood on the porch. He had one of the papers in his hand. He ripped the paper to tatters and strewed about him the bits and stamped on the litter. He shrieked profanity. Then he ...
— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day
... formidable army, which most historians compute at one hundred thousand cavalry; although Ibnu Khaldun makes it amount to forty thousand men only. Roderic brought all his treasures and military stores in carts: he himself came in a litter placed between two mules, having over his head an awning richly set with pearls, rubies, and emeralds. On the approach of this formidable host the Moslems did not lose courage, but prepared to meet their adversary. Tarik assembled his men, comforted them ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 4 • Various
... where she took off her things, there was a great litter of evergreen and hemlock; in the farthest corner, lopped pitifully over on its side, was a fine hemlock-tree. Lucretia looked at it, and her smiling face grew ...
— Young Lucretia and Other Stories • Mary E. Wilkins
... now, but still continued her search amongst the litter. It was not easy to decipher writing or printing in that dim light, but her eyes were good and the longer she remained in the room the more distinctly she saw. There was an electric globe suspended over the press, but she dared not turn on the light for fear of ...
— Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls • Edith Van Dyne (AKA L. Frank Baum)
... them welcome without permitting their coming or going to disturb his own evening occupations in any serious way. His room was very large, well warmed, and abundantly lighted, for he had almost a passion for light. There was always a litter of new magazines, weekly periodicals, and the like on the big table in the centre of the room, and there were always piles of older ones in the big closet. Still further there was a stand of bookshelves which was beginning to be crowded with books ...
— A Captain in the Ranks - A Romance of Affairs • George Cary Eggleston


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