Littered

Littered
Litter Lit"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Littered} (l[i^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Littering}.] 1. To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall. [1913 Webster]

Tell them how they litter their jades. --Bp. Hackett. [1913 Webster]

For his ease, well littered was the floor. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room. [1913 Webster]

The room with volumes littered round. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

We might conceive that dogs were created blind, because we observe they were littered so with us. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

The son that she did litter here, A freckled whelp hagborn. --Shak. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • littered — lit tered (l[i^]t t[ e]rd), adj. having articles scattered about in a disorderly fashion. Syn: cluttered, messy, mussy, untidy. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • littered — be·littered; …   English syllables

  • littered — adjective Covered in litter …   Wiktionary

  • littered — adj. filthy, strewn with garbage lit·ter || lɪtÉ™(r) n. refuse, trash; disorder; number of young born to an animal at one time; curtained couch suspended between poles and carried by men or animals; stretcher; bedding for humans or animals… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • littered — retitled …   Anagrams dictionary

  • littered — adjective filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish (Freq. 1) the storm left the drivewaylittered with sticks nd debris his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair • Syn: ↑cluttered • Similar …   Useful english dictionary

  • retitled — littered …   Anagrams dictionary

  • trash-strewn — littered, covered with garbage …   English contemporary dictionary

  • litter — [[t]lɪ̱tə(r)[/t]] litters, littering, littered 1) N UNCOUNT Litter is rubbish that is left lying around outside. If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up... On Wednesday we cleared a beach and woodland of litter. Syn: rubbish 2) N UNCOUNT:… …   English dictionary

  • litter — 1 noun 1 (U) bits of waste paper, containers etc that people have thrown away and left on the ground in a public place: Please take your litter away with you. compare garbage, rubbish 1, trash 1 2 (C) a group of baby animals such as dogs or cats… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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