litter (redirected from Leaf litter)

lit·ter  (ltr)

n.

1.

a. A disorderly accumulation of objects; a pile.

b. Carelessly discarded refuse, such as wastepaper: the litter in the streets after a parade.

2. The offspring produced at one birth by a multiparous mammal. See Synonyms at flock¹.

3.

a. Material, such as straw, used as bedding for animals.

b. An absorbent material, such as granulated clay, for covering the floor of an animal's cage or excretory box.

4. An enclosed or curtained couch mounted on shafts and used to carry a single passenger.

5. A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a stretcher.

6. The uppermost layer of the forest floor consisting chiefly of fallen leaves and other decaying organic matter.

v. lit·tered, lit·ter·ing, lit·ters

v.tr.

1. To give birth to (a litter).

2. To make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly: Selfish picnickers litter the beach with food wrappers.

3. To scatter about: littered towels all over the locker room.

4. To supply (animals) with litter for bedding or floor covering.

v.intr.

1. To give birth to a litter.

2. To scatter litter.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman litere, from Medieval Latin lectria (influenced by Old French lit, bed), from Latin lectus, bed; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]

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litter·er n.

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litter

Noun

1. small items of rubbish carelessly dropped in public places

2. a disordered or untidy collection of objects

3. a group of animals produced at one birth

4. straw or hay used as bedding for animals

5. dry material used to line a receptacle in which a domestic cat can urinate and defecate

6. (esp. formerly) a bed or seat held between parallel poles and used for carrying people

Verb

1. to strew with litter

2. to scatter or be scattered in an untidy fashion

3. (of animals) to give birth to offspring

4. to provide (an animal) with straw or hay for bedding [Latin lectus bed]

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Litter the young brought forth at one time by a sow or similar animal; a disorderly cumulation of papers; rubbish, 1730.

Examples: litter of children, 1704; of constitutions, 1796; of kittens; of lions, 1734; of opinions, 1662; of pamphlets, 1688; of pigs, 1604—Brewer, of rabbits, 1802; of sins, 1639; of whelps, 1486; of women, 1860.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	litter - the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal animal group - a group of animals
	2.	litter - rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) rubbish, trash, scrap - worthless material that is to be disposed of
	3.	litter - conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers transport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation covered couch - a litter with a cover for privacy palankeen, palanquin - a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers sedan chair, sedan - a closed litter for one passenger stretcher - a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
	4.	litter - material used to provide a bed for animals bedding material, bedding material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
Verb	1.	litter - strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	2.	litter - make a place messy by strewing garbage around strew, straw - spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"
	3.	litter - give birth to a litter of animals birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have - cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"

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litter

noun 1. rubbish, refuse, waste, fragments, junk, debris, shreds, garbage chiefly U.S. trash, muck, detritus, grot (slang)

noun 2. jumble, mess, disorder, confusion, scatter, tangle, muddle, clutter, disarray, untidiness

noun 3. brood, family, young, offspring, progeny

noun 4. bedding, couch, mulch, floor cover, straw-bed

noun 5. stretcher, palanquin

verb 6. clutter, mess up, clutter up, be scattered about, disorder, disarrange, derange, muss U.S., Canad.

verb 7. scatter, spread, shower, strew

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A basket or frame utilized for the transport of injured persons.

Translations

litter [ˈlɪtəʳ] n (= rubbish) → basura (= paper); papeles mpl (tirados) (= young animals); camada, cría

litter [ˈlɪtəʳ] n (= rubbish) → détritus mpl;

(dirtier) → ordures fpl (= young animals); portée f

vt → éparpiller; laisser des détritus dans;

littered with → jonché(e) de → couvert(e) de

litter [ˈlɪtəʳ] n (= rubbish) → Abfall m (= young animals); Wurf m

litter [ˈlɪtəʳ] n (= rubbish) → rifiuti mpl (= young animals); figliata

vt → sparpagliare; lasciare rifiuti in;

littered with → coperto/a di

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litter

n litter [ˈlitə(r)]

1 an untidy mess of paper, rubbish etc Put your litter in that bin.rommelمُهْمَلاتбоклукodpadkyaffald; skraldder Abfallσκουπίδιαbasura, papelesprahtآآت و آشغالroskatorduresאַשפָּהकूडा़-करकटsmećeszemétsampahdrasl, ruslimmondizia, rifiutiごみ잡동사니, 쓰레기išmėtyti daiktai, šiukšlėsizsvaidītas lietas/papīri; draza; nekārtībasampahrommelavfall, søppel, rotśmiecilixogunoiмусорodpadkysmetiđubreskräpขยะçöp(雜亂的)廢物, 垃圾розкидані речі; сміттяکچراrác rưởi bừa bãi（杂乱的）废物, 垃圾

2 a heap of straw etc for animals to lie on etc. strooiقَشсламена постеляstelivohøbunke; kattegrusdie Streuαχυροστρωμνήcama de pajapõhkبستر کاهیpahnatlitièreמַצָע-קַשׁएक साथ पैदा हुए बच्चेsteljaalomjeramihálmur, heylettiera, strame寝わら(동물의 잠자리에 까는) 짚kraikas, pakrataipakaišitimbunan jeramiligstrohalm, strøpodściółkapalhaculcuş de paieсоломенная подстилка для скотаstelivosteljaslamaströกองฟางเล็กสำหรับนอนkuru ot稻草підстилкаجانوروں کے لئے پؤال کا بسترđống rơm稻草

3 a number of animals born to the same mother at the same time a litter of kittens.werpselالبَطْن: مَجموع الجِراء المَولودَة مَرّة واحِدَهкотилоvrhkuldder Wurfνεογνά ζώου από μια γένναcamadapesakondتوله ها؛ بچه هاpoikueportéeוְלָדוֹת מְאוֹתָה הַמלָטָהजानवरों के एक ही समय में जन्में बच्चेlegloalomkelompok anak binatangungahópur, urpt, gotfigliata, cucciolata, nidiata一腹の子한 배의 새끼vada(kucēnu, sivēnu) metiensseperinduknest jongenkullmiot, młodeninhadapui abia fătaţiпомётvrhzarodokotkullคอกbir defada doğan yavrular同胎小崽виводокنئے جنے ہوئے جانوروں کا ایک جھولlứa đẻ同胎小崽

v

to cover (the ground etc) with scattered objects Papers littered the table.omkrapيُغَطّي بالمُهْمَلاتзастиламležet bez laduligge og flydeverstreut herumliegenγεμίζω με άχρηστα πράγματαcubrirkatmaپر از آت و آشغال کردنpeittääcouvrirלְלַכלֵך בְּאַשפָּהबिखेरनाnasmetititeleszórmemenuhisóða út, kasta frá sér rusli; stráingombrare, sparpagliare散らかす어지르다nukloti, padengtiizsvaidīt; piemētāt; piegružotmenyepah-nyepahkanrondstrooien, verstrooid liggen op/inrote til, la flyte utoverzaśmiecaćespalhara acoperiмусоритьležať rozhádzanýnastlatiprekritiskräpa nerทิ้งเรี่ยราดkirletmek, çöp atmak亂丟розкидати; смітитиکچرے سے گندا کرناbày bừa lên乱丢