littered

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.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

littered - filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish; "the storm left the drivewaylittered with sticks nd debris"; "his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair" cluttered untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"

Translations

littered [ˈlɪtə^rd] adj

(= strewn) littered with → jonché(e) de
to be littered with sth → être jonché(e) de qch
His desk was littered with papers → Son bureau était jonché de papiers.
littered across
Resorts are littered across the mountainsides → Les stations sont éparpillées dans les montagnes.

(= containing a lot of) to be littered with → être truffé(e) de
litter lout litterbug [ˈlɪtə^rbʌg] (US) n personne qui jette des détritus par terre