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clut·ter  (kltr)

n.

1. A confused or disordered state or collection; a jumble: sorted through the clutter in the attic.

2. A confused noise; a clatter.

v. clut·tered, clut·ter·ing, clut·ters

v.tr.

1. To fill or spread over in a disorderly manner: Boxes cluttered the garage.

2. To make disorderly or hard to use by filling or covering with objects: I cluttered up my desk with old memos.

v.intr.

1. To run or move with bustle and confusion.

2. To make a clatter.

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[Probably from Middle English cloteren, to clot, from clot, lump, from Old English clott.]

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clutter [ˈklʌtə]

vb

1. (usually tr; often foll by up) to strew or amass (objects) in a disorderly manner

2. (intr) to move about in a bustling manner

3. (intr) to chatter or babble

n

1. a disordered heap or mass of objects

2. a state of disorder

3. (Electronics) unwanted echoes that confuse the observation of signals on a radar screen

[C15 clotter, from clotteren to clot]

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Clowder, Cludder, Clutter kendle or kindle of cats, 1801; a group of cats.

Example: clowder of cats.

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Clutter a confused collection; a clotted mass; a crowded and confused group; a collection. See also clowder.

Examples: clutter of bodies, 1674; of business, 1649; of cats; of citations, 1666; of consonants, 1791; of narrow crooked, dark, and dirty lanes, 1792; of drops against the glass, 1841; of spiders; of thick and deep grass, 1670.

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Permanent echoes, cloud, or other atmospheric echo on radar scope; as contact has entered scope clutter. See also radar clutter.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	clutter - a confused multitude of things       fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter disorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder" rummage - a jumble of things to be given away
	2.	clutter - unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen radar echo - an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object interference, noise, disturbance - electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Verb	1.	clutter - fill a space in a disorderly way clutter up fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" clear, unclutter - rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"

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clutter

noun

untidiness, mess, disorder, confusion, litter, muddle, disarray, jumble, hotchpotch She preferred her work area to be free of clutter.
untidiness order, organization, neatness, tidiness

verb

litter, scatter, strew, mess up I don't want to clutter the room up with too much junk.
litter arrange, organize, tidy, straighten, order

Translations

clutter [ˈklʌtəʳ]

A. N → desorden m, confusión f
in a clutter → en desorden, en un montón

B. VT → atestar
to clutter up a room → amontonar cosas en un cuarto
to be cluttered up with sth → estar atestado de algo

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clutter [ˈklʌtə^r]

vt (also clutter up) → encombrer

n → fouillis m, fatras m
There's too much clutter in here → Il y a trop de fouillis ici., Il y a trop de fatras ici.

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clutter

n (= confusion) → Durcheinander nt; (= disorderly articles) → Kram m (inf); the clutter of bottles and crockery in the kitchen → das Durcheinander von Flaschen und Geschirr in der Küche; his desk was in a clutter → auf seinem Schreibtisch war ein fürchterliches Durcheinander; his essay was a clutter of unrelated details → sein Aufsatz war ein Sammelsurium or Wirrwarr von zusammenhangslosen Einzelheiten

vt (also clutter up) → zu voll machen (inf) → /stellen; painting, photograph → überladen; mind → vollstopfen; to be cluttered with something (mind, room, drawer etc) → mit etw vollgestopft sein; (floor, desk etc) → mit etw übersät sein; (painting etc) → mit etw überladen sein; the floor was terribly cluttered → auf dem Fußboden lag alles verstreut; his desk was dreadfully cluttered → sein Schreibtisch war ganz voll

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clutter [ˈklʌtəʳ]

1. n → confusione f, disordine m
in a clutter → in disordine

2. vt (also clutter up) → ingombrare
to be cluttered up with sth → essere pieno/a zeppo/a or ingombro/a di qc

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clutter

n clutter [ˈklatə]

state of untidiness The house is in a clutter. warboel تَراكُم، فَوْضى،عَدَم نِظام безпорядък nepořádek rod die Unordnung ακαταστασία desorden korralagedus بی نظمی؛ آشفتگی sekamelska désordre בָּלָגָן अव्यवस्थित nered zűrzavar berantakan óregla; hlutir á rúi og stúi disordine 乱雑 혼란 netvarka juceklis; nekārtība selerak rommel, warboel rot, virvar nieład barafunda dezordine хаос neporiadok nered nered virrvarr, röra ความยุ่งเหยิง karışıklık, dağınıklık 雜亂 хаос; безладдя گندہ ہونا ، میلا ہونا sự lộn xộn 杂乱

adj cluttered

untidy; too full of furniture etc Some people think it's a beautiful room but it's too cluttered for my taste. deurmekaar, rommelrig في حالَةِ فَوْضىوَعَدَم نِظام претрупана přecpaný rodet; tætpakket vollgestopft παραφορτωμένος abarrotado täis kuhjatud شلوغ؛ درهم و برهم sekava encombré מְבוּלגָן बिखरा हुआ natrpan rendetlen penuh, sesak ofhlaðið, of fullt af e-u disordinato; ingombro 雑然としている 어질러진 prigrūstas pārblīvēts; nekārtīgs berselerak rommelig rotet; overlesset zagracony atravancado încărcat (cu mobilă) в беспорядке, загромождённый preplnený neurejen; natrpan pretrpan belamrad ที่ยุ่งเหยิง düzensiz, dağınık 雜亂的 захаращений بکھرا ہونا lộn xộn 杂乱的

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clutter → ضوضاء krámy rod Kram ακαταστασία revoltijo, revoltijo de chismes sekasotku bazar nered confusione 散らかしたもの 어질러진 물건 rommel virvar nieład bagunça, tralha суматоха skräp กองระเกะระกะ yayıntı sự lộn xộn 混乱