See Also: litter(medicine)
litter(1)(dictionary)
litter(2)(dictionary)
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litter bin(dictionary)
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litter 1, noun(dictionary)
litter 2, verb(dictionary)
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litter(2) (iou)



litter verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Provide (a horse etc.) with litter or straw as bedding. Also foll. by down. LME.
b. verb intrans. Lie down on litter as bedding. rare. M17.
verb trans. & intrans. Of an animal or (occas., derog.) a person: give birth to (young). L15.
verb trans. Mix (plaster) (as) with litter; plaster. rare. M16-M19.
verb trans. Carry in a litter. rare. E18.
verb trans. Spread litter or straw on (the floor) or in (a stable). Also foll. by down. E18.
verb trans.
a. Strew with objects scattered untidily; leave as litter, scatter untidily about or on. Usu. in pass. E18.
F. A. Kemble Firewood and shavings lay littered about the floors. W. Gerhardie The table was littered with bottles of the very best wine. V. S. Pritchett A piece of waste ground littered with tins and rubbish. C. Francis The entire south Cornish coast is littered with wrecks. fig.: J. P. Howes I would not like anyone to imagine we litter the texts of our dictionaries with typesetting codes.
b. Of things: lie about untidily on. M19.
E. Taylor The room looked extremely neat, except for all the papers littering the table. I. Banks Ruined arches, fallen lintels, collapsed walls littered the slopes of sand.
litterer noun a person who throws or drops litter E20.